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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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Silver-Laden Black Phosphorus Nanosheets for an Efficient In Vivo Antimicrobial Application.

TL;DR: A compact silver nanoparticle (AgNP)-doped black phosphorus nanosheet (BPN) is constructed to synergistically enhance solar disinfection through the promoted reactive oxygen species (ROS) photogeneration, which is attributed to the improved electron-hole separation and recombination of BPNs as revealed from the systematic experimental studies.
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Fast IR-Actuated Shape-Memory Polymers Using in Situ Silver Nanoparticle-Grafted Cellulose Nanocrystals.

TL;DR: This study proposes to design plasmonic silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) grafted onto cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) as an efficient plAsmonic system for fast and remote actuation and incorporates them at low loading into poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL)-based networks with shape-memory properties.
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Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles by using various extracts: a review

TL;DR: Recently, nanotechnology has emerged as a tool for the development in the biological synthesis of noble metal nanoparticles as discussed by the authors. Among other conventional synthesis methods, biological synthesis methods have been used in the development of noble metals nanoparticles.
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Emerging investigator series: it's not all about the ion: support for particle-specific contributions to silver nanoparticle antimicrobial activity

TL;DR: Analysis of the AgNP antimicrobial activity literature indicates that in most cases of bacteria exposure to AgNPs, particle-specific activity is observed and acts in concert with and/or independently from solubilized Ag ions alone, and suggests that more efficacious Ag- and ENM-enabled antimicrobials can be obtained through ENM design.
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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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