Antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles: A surface science insight

B Le Ouay, F Stellacci - Nano today, 2015 - Elsevier
Silver nanoparticles constitute a very promising approach for the development of new
antimicrobial systems. Nanoparticulate objects can bring significant improvements in the …

Limitations of recent studies dealing with the antibacterial properties of silver nanoparticles: Fact and opinion

RE Duval, J Gouyau, E Lamouroux - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Due to the constant increase in the number of infectious diseases and the concomitant lack
of treatment available, metallic nanoparticles (eg, silver nanoparticles) have been of …

Silver nanoparticles: A new view on mechanistic aspects on antimicrobial activity

N Durán, M Durán, MB De Jesus, AB Seabra… - … , biology and medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
Silver nanoparticles are well known potent antimicrobial agents. Although significant
progresses have been achieved on the elucidation of antimicrobial mechanism of silver …

Effect of size, shape and surface functionalization on the antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles

A Menichetti, A Mavridi-Printezi, D Mordini… - Journal of Functional …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are the most investigated antibacterial agents against
multidrug resistant (MDR) pathogens. They can lead to cellular death by means of different …

[HTML][HTML] Bactericidal activity of silver nanoparticles: A mechanistic review

SA Ahmad, SS Das, A Khatoon, MT Ansari… - Materials Science for …, 2020 - Elsevier
Metallic nanoparticles such as silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have gained lots of attention
due to the continuous upsurge in microbial infections and diseases, and also inefficient …

Antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles: structural effects

S Tang, J Zheng - Advanced healthcare materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The increase of antibiotic resistance in bacteria has become a major concern for successful
diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. Over the past few decades, significant …

Particle-cell contact enhances antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles

O Bondarenko, A Ivask, A Käkinen, I Kurvet, A Kahru - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background It is generally accepted that antibacterial properties of Ag nanoparticles
(AgNPs) are dictated by their dissolved fraction. However, dissolution-based concept alone …

Comparative synthesis and antimicrobial action of silver nanoparticles and silver nitrate

DA Mosselhy, MA El-Aziz, M Hanna, MA Ahmed… - Journal of Nanoparticle …, 2015 - Springer
The high wave of antibiotic bacterial resistance has addressed an importance for
administration of different antibacterial agents, as silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs). However …

Noncytotoxic silver nanoparticles as a new antimicrobial strategy

B Skóra, U Krajewska, A Nowak, A Dziedzic… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Drug-resistance of bacteria is an ongoing problem in hospital treatment. The main
mechanism of bacterial virulency in human infections is based on their adhesion ability and …

Negligible particle-specific antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles

Z Xiu, Q Zhang, HL Puppala, VL Colvin, PJJ Alvarez - Nano letters, 2012 - ACS Publications
For nearly a decade, researchers have debated the mechanisms by which AgNPs exert
toxicity to bacteria and other organisms. The most elusive question has been whether the …