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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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Biosynthesis, Characterization, Radical Scavenging and Antimicrobial Properties of Psidium guajava Linn Coated Silver and Iron Oxide Nanoparticles

TL;DR: In this article, the physicochemical properties of bio-synthesized nanoparticles were determined through UV/Visible, SEM, EDX, and FTIR spectroscopic techniques.
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Factors affecting antibacterial activity of acrylic resin containing silver nanoparticles

TL;DR: In this article, a high-speed stirring method using scattered disc at room temperature was used to spread 1,500 ppm silver nanoparticles into acrylic emulsion in 3 hours with the water addition amounts about 5%.
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Investigation on the interaction between Ag+ and bovine hemoglobin using spectroscopic methods

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used spectroscopic methods to reveal the interactions between Ag+ and bovine hemoglobin (BHb) and found that Ag+ changed the conformation of BHb, which may affect protein functions.
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Future Therapeutic Approaches to Annihilate Bacterial Fish Diseases in Aquaculture

TL;DR: In this article , the authors focused on the bacterial fish disease causing pathogens such as Aeromonas, Campylobacter, Edwardsiella, Erysipelothrix, Escherichia, Klebsiella and Mycobacterium, Salmonella, and Streptococcus species.
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Validation of Antibacterial Systems for Sustainable Ceramic Tiles

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors validate a silver-based antibacterial treatment applied to porcelain stoneware tiles based on natural and waste materials, thus correlating surface functionalization to tile composition and relevant physical, microstructural, and textural parameters.
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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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