A review of the antibacterial effects of silver nanomaterials and potential implications for human health and the environment

C Marambio-Jones, EMV Hoek - Journal of nanoparticle research, 2010 - Springer
Here, we present a review of the antibacterial effects of silver nanomaterials, including
proposed antibacterial mechanisms and possible toxicity to higher organisms. For purpose …

Structures of novel antimicrobial agents for textiles-a review

B Simoncic, B Tomsic - Textile Research Journal, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
In this article we review some of the contemporary antimicrobial agents used in textiles,
including quaternary ammonium compounds, N-halamines, chitosan, polybiguanides …

Extracellular biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using Bacillus sp. GP-23 and evaluation of their antifungal activity towards Fusarium oxysporum

V Gopinath, P Velusamy - Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and …, 2013 - Elsevier
In last few decades nanoparticles have attracted and emerged as a field in biomedical
research due to their incredible applications. The current research was focused on …

Silver nanoparticles as an antimicrobial agent: A case study on Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli as models for Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria

EZ Gomaa - The Journal of general and applied microbiology, 2017 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli by measuring the growth curves, protein and
reducing sugar leakage, respiratory chain dehydrogenase activity, as well as the formation …

Durable antimicrobial cotton textiles modified with inorganic nanoparticles

YY Zhang, QB Xu, FY Fu, XD Liu - Cellulose, 2016 - Springer
Numerous inorganic nanoparticles can impart antimicrobial properties to cotton textiles;
however, the antimicrobial performance of the modified textile products is generally less …

ANTIMICROBIAL, ANTIOXIDANT AND FREE RADICAL‐SCAVENGING CAPACITY OF BROWN SEAWEED HIMANTHALIA ELONGATA FROM WESTERN COAST OF …

G Rajauria, AK Jaiswal… - Journal of Food …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Water, methanol and mixtures (20–80%) thereof have been used for the
extraction of phenolic compounds from Irish brown seaweed Himanthalia elongata for …

[HTML][HTML] Photosensitized synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Withania somnifera leaf powder and silver nitrate

RW Raut, VD Mendhulkar, SB Kashid - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The metal nanoparticle synthesis is highly explored field of nanotechnology. The biological
methods seem to be more effective; however, due to slow reduction rate and polydispersity …

Biogenic synthesis of antibacterial silver chloride nanoparticles using leaf extracts of Cissus quadrangularis Linn

V Gopinath, S Priyadarshini, NM Priyadharsshini… - Materials Letters, 2013 - Elsevier
In this study, we demonstrate a single step method for the synthesis of silver chloride
nanoparticles (AgCl-NPs) using leaf extract of Cissus quadrangularis. The AgCl-NPs were …

Antibacterial activity of silver-doped hydroxyapatite nanoparticles against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria

CS Ciobanu, SL Iconaru, P Le Coustumer… - Nanoscale Research …, 2012 - Springer
Ag-doped nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite nanoparticles (Ag: HAp-NPs)(Ca 10-x Ag x (PO 4)
6 (OH) 2, x Ag= 0.05, 0.2, and 0.3) with antibacterial properties are of great interest in the …

Antimicrobial materials with medical applications

D Sun, M Babar Shahzad, M Li, G Wang… - Materials …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Despite intensive and considerable research achievements by material scientists and
biologists, the problems of infections related to medical devices and implants remain knotty …