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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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Antibacterial activity and corrosion resistance of Ta2O5 thin film and electrospun PCL/MgO-Ag nanofiber coatings on biodegradable Mg alloy implants

TL;DR: In this paper, functional Ta2O5 (tantalum pentoxide) compact layers and PCL/MgO-Ag (poly (e-caprolactone)/magnesium oxide-silver) nanofiber porous layers were subsequently deposited on Mg alloys via reactive magnetron sputtering and electrospinning, respectively, to improve anticorrosion and antibacterial performance.
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Polydopamine Surface Coating Synergizes the Antimicrobial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles.

TL;DR: The PDA coating synergized with the AgNPs to prominently enhance the potency of the PDA-AgNPs against bacteria, and the underlying molecular mechanisms shone light on the future development of more potent metal nanoparticle-based antimicrobial agents.
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Enhanced antibacterial activity and osteoinductivity of Ag-loaded strontium hydroxyapatite/chitosan porous scaffolds for bone tissue engineering.

TL;DR: The Ag-SrHAP/CS porous scaffold possesses excellent biocompatibility, osteoinductivity and antibacterial activity, so it has great potential for application in bone tissue engineering to repair bone defects and avoid infections.
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Prospects for the Use of New Technologies to Combat Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria.

TL;DR: The potential of bacteriophage particles, CRISPR–Cas, and nanotechnology for use in combating human (bacterial) infections is discussed.
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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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