Also: silver nanoparticles, nanosilver
Silver, especially as nanoparticles, kills many bacteria and is used in wound dressings, coatings, and textiles.
Readiness: lab lab studies · prototype demonstrated objects · commercial products or buildings in real use · review summaries of other studies.
Morones and colleagues showed silver nanoparticles kill bacteria and studied how particle size matters.
As reported in: Morones, Elechiguerra, Camacho et al. (2005). The bactericidal effect of silver nanoparticles. Nanotechnology. doi:10.1088/0957-4484/16/10/059
Rai and colleagues reviewed silver nanoparticles as a new generation of antimicrobials.
Built / tested: antimicrobial coatings
As reported in: Rai, Yadav, Gade (2009). Silver nanoparticles as a new generation of antimicrobials. Biotechnology Advances. doi:10.1016/j.biotechadv.2008.09.002
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