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

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This overview incorporates a retrospective of previous reviews published from 2007 to 2013 and recent original contributions on the progress of research on antimicrobial mechanisms to summarize the current knowledge in the field of antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles.
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This article is published in Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine.The article was published on 2016-04-01. It has received 1055 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Silver nanoparticle.

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Microwave-Assisted Incorporation of AgNP into Chitosan–Alginate Hydrogels for Antimicrobial Applications

TL;DR: In this paper , the antibacterial activity of a hydrogel system of sodium alginate (SA) and basic chitosan (CS) using sodium hydrogen carbonate by adding AgNPs was investigated.
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Antimicrobial Efficacy of Biogenic Silver and Zinc Nanocrystals/Nanoparticles to Combat the Drug Resistance in Human Pathogens

TL;DR: The present chapter focuses on the utilization of the recent nanosystems to combat drug resistance in human pathogens.
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Intrinsic optical properties of Ag-doped poly-(vinyl alcohol) nanocomposites: an analysis of the film thickness effect on the plasmonic resonance parameters

TL;DR: In this paper, a plasmonic nanocomposite with a high density of nano-objects was obtained by thermal annealing of poly-(vinyl alcohol) films doped by silver nitrate using a one-pot synthesis method.
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Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles with Euphorbia tirucalli extract and its protection against microbial decay of strawberries during storage

TL;DR: In this paper, aveloz extract (Av) was used for green synthesis of AgNPs with E. tirucalli (aveloz) extract and evaluated its effect on the physiology and preservation of stored strawberries.
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Modulation of Physico-Chemical and Biological Properties of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Aqueous Extract of Flamboyant (Delonix regia var. flavida, Fabaceae) Seeds

TL;DR: In this paper, the potential of D. regia seeds aqueous extract (DRE) in different concentrations to produce AgNPs was investigated by qualitative assays, and physico-chemical/structural characterization of AgNs was performed by UV-Visible spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS), Zeta potential, and atomic force microscopy (AFM).
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The bactericidal effect of silver nanoparticles

TL;DR: The results indicate that the bactericidal properties of the nanoparticles are size dependent, since the only nanoparticles that present a direct interaction with the bacteria preferentially have a diameter of approximately 1-10 nm.
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Silver nanoparticles as antimicrobial agent: a case study on E. coli as a model for Gram-negative bacteria

TL;DR: These nontoxic nanomaterials, which can be prepared in a simple and cost-effective manner, may be suitable for the formulation of new types of bactericidal materials.
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Antimicrobial effects of silver nanoparticles

TL;DR: The results suggest that Ag nanoparticles can be used as effective growth inhibitors in various microorganisms, making them applicable to diverse medical devices and antimicrobial control systems.
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Antiseptics and Disinfectants: Activity, Action, and Resistance

TL;DR: Known mechanisms of microbial resistance (both intrinsic and acquired) to biocides are reviewed, with emphasis on the clinical implications of these reports.
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Does the antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles depend on the shape of the nanoparticle? A study of the Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli.

TL;DR: This is the first comparative study on the bactericidal properties of silver nanoparticles of different shapes, and the results demonstrate thatsilver nanoparticles undergo a shape-dependent interaction with the gram-negative organism E. coli.
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