Priscilla S. Brunetto

TL;DR: Silver, known in metallic form since antiquity, has very early been recognized by mankind for its antimicrobial properties, a phenomenon observed in the context of drinking water, food, water storage recipients, and medicine.

TL;DR: This is the first report investigating the global metabolic effects of silver in the context of a therapeutic application, and it is demonstrated that silver ions inactivate enzymes by binding sulfhydryl (thiol) groups in amino acids and promote the release of iron with subsequent hydroxyl radical formation by an indirect mechanism likely mediated by reactive oxygen species.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that silver-coated titanium-aluminum-niobium (TiAlNb) is potent for prevention of IAIs and thus can be considered for clinical application.

TL;DR: In this article, the polyethyleneglycol spacer between two (iso)-nicotinic groups of the ligand system was used to obtain a large structural variety of silver coordination compounds, starting with zero-dimensional ring systems via one-dimensional chains, helices and double-helices to two-dimensional polycatenanes.

TL;DR: A large variety of structures are obtained as a function of counterion, solvent and ligand-to-metal ratio, such as isolated rings, offset stacked rings, parallel chains and entangled chains, and their antimicrobial properties as well as biocompatibility are assessed.