What information is there on the antibacterial properties of silver?
As a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry you can access, FREE of charge, reliable full text e-books, journals and databases in the Virtual Library. For example: From Knovel: • “Nanostructures and Nanomaterials – Synthesis, Properties and Applications” has a chapter on “Synthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles”. • “Silver and Gold Compounds in Medicine” is a chapter in the book “Chemistry of Precious Metals”. From Springer: • “The Antimicrobial Functionalisation of Textile Materials” chapter of the book “Multifunctional Barriers for Flexible Structure” considers the deposition of nano-particle elementary silver onto or into fibre for effective abatement of bacteria. • “Antibacterial Properties of PLA Nonwoven Medical Dressings coated with Nanostructured Silver”, Fibers and Polymers, Oct 2008, Vol. 9, No. 5, p. 556-560. • “Synthesis and Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles with Different Sizes”, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Dec 2008, Vol. 10, No. 8, p. 1343-1348. From EBSC
