New strategies in the development of antimicrobial coatings: the example of increasing usage of silver and silver nanoparticles

MLW Knetsch, LH Koole - Polymers, 2011 - mdpi.com
Bacterial infection from medical devices is a major problem and accounts for an increasing
number of deaths as well as high medical costs. Many different strategies have been …

Coated silver nanoparticles: Synthesis, cytotoxicity, and optical properties

HM Fahmy, AM Mosleh, A Abd Elghany… - RSC …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Coated silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have recently become a topic of interest due to the fact
that they have several applications such as in electronic, antimicrobial, industrial, optical …

Immobilized silver nanoparticles enhance contact killing and show highest efficacy: elucidation of the mechanism of bactericidal action of silver

S Agnihotri, S Mukherji, S Mukherji - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Antimicrobial materials with immobilized/entrapped silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are of
considerable interest. There is significant debate on the mode of bactericidal action of …

Antibacterial activity of glutathione-coated silver nanoparticles against gram positive and gram negative bacteria

A Taglietti, YA Diaz Fernandez, E Amato, L Cucca… - Langmuir, 2012 - ACS Publications
In the present paper, we study the mechanism of antibacterial activity of glutathione (GSH)
coated silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) on model Gram negative and Gram positive bacterial …

Synthesis of Fe3O4@ SiO2–Ag magnetic nanocomposite based on small-sized and highly dispersed silver nanoparticles for catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol

Y Chi, Q Yuan, Y Li, J Tu, L Zhao, N Li, X Li - Journal of colloid and …, 2012 - Elsevier
In this work, we report a facile method to generate core–shell structured Fe3O4@ SiO2–Ag
magnetic nanocomposite by an in situ wet chemistry route with the aid of …

CuO/Cu (OH) 2 hierarchical nanostructures as bactericidal photocatalysts

O Akhavan, R Azimirad, S Safa… - Journal of Materials …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Various morphologies of CuO/Cu (OH) 2 nanostructures with different adsorbed–OH
contents were synthesized on an acid-treated Cu foil through variation of NaOH …

The effect of silver nanoparticles on antioxidant/pro-oxidant balance in a murine model

AO Docea, D Calina, AM Buga, O Zlatian… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to evaluate the subacute effect of two types of Ag-NPs (EG-AgNPs and
PVP-EG-AgNPs) on antioxidant/pro-oxidant balance in rats. Seventy Wistar rats (35 males …

Antibiofilm activity of a monolayer of silver nanoparticles anchored to an amino-silanized glass surface

A Taglietti, CR Arciola, A D'Agostino, G Dacarro… - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
Biofilm production is the crucial pathogenic mechanism of the implant-associated infection
and a primary target for new anti-infective strategies. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are …

A novel study of antibacterial activity of copper iodide nanoparticle mediated by DNA and membrane damage

A Pramanik, D Laha, D Bhattacharya… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2012 - Elsevier
In this article potential activity of nanoparticles (NPs) of copper iodide (CuI) as an
antibacterial agent has been presented. The nano particles are synthesized by co …

[HTML][HTML] Antibiofilm activity of nanosilver coatings against Staphylococcus aureus

FJ Geissel, V Platania, A Gogos, IK Herrmann… - Journal of colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Implant infections due to bacterial biofilms constitute a major healthcare challenge today.
One way to address this clinical need is to modify the implant surface with an antimicrobial …