Nanosilver, comprising silver nanoparticles, is attracting interest for a range of biomedical applications owing to its potent antibacterial activity. It has recently been demonstrated that nanosilver has useful anti-inflammatory effects and improves wound healing, which could be exploited in developing better dressings for wounds and burns. The teratogenicity potential for intraperitoneally do...

The antibacterial properties of nanosilver have led to a versatile application spectrum including medical purposes and personal care products. However, the increasing use of nanosilver has raised concerns about its environmental impacts. Long-term exposure studies with aquatic invertebrates are essential to assess possible adverse effects on aquatic ecosystems. In the present study, acute (48 h...

Silver nanoparticles, which have found a wide range of applications owing to their antimicrobial properties, are also recommended as dietary supplements in alternative medicine. Studies on rodents confirm that nanosilver is absorbed from the digestive tract into the bloodstream, which implies its possible interactions with leukocytes. The objective of the experiment discussed herein has been to...

Regarding fast development of the nanotechnology and its diverse applications, is very important having enough data on the probably its side effects on the aquatic body organs. Therefore, these studies investigate the effects of nanosilver administration on histology of gill and kidney biochemical parameters in rainbow trout. For this study, the silver nanoparticles were synthesized in a one-st...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to determine whether the addition of microsilver or nanosilver particles to an orthodontic primer affects shear bond strength (SBS) and bracket/adhesive failure. METHODS Bovine incisors were randomly divided into six groups with 16 specimens in each: In group 1 (control), brackets were bonded with Transbond™ XT primer. In the experimental groups, mic...

An alternative method is presented for fabricating an antireflective nanostructure array using nanosilver colloidal lithography. Spin coating was used to produce the multilayered silver nanoparticles, which grew by self-assembly and were transformed into randomly distributed nanosilver islands through the thermodynamic action of dewetting and Oswald ripening. The average size and coverage rate ...

Silver is an ancient antibiotic that has found many new uses due to its unique properties on the nanoscale. Due to its presence in many consumer products, the toxicity of nanosilver has become a hot topic. This review summarizes recent advances, particularly the molecular mechanism of nanosilver toxicity. The surface of nanosilver can easily be oxidized by O(2) and other molecules in the enviro...

Antibiotic resistance to microorganisms is one of the major problems faced in the field of wound care in burns patients. Silver nanoparticles have come up as potent antimicrobial agent and are being evaluated in diverse medical applications ranging from silver based dressings to silver coated medical devices. We aimed in present study to test the release of nanosilver from nanosilver wound dres...

The plasmonic properties of noble metal nanoparticles facilitate their use in novel in-vivo bio-applications such as targeted drug delivery and cancer cell therapy. Nanosilver is best suited for such applications as it has the lowest plasmonic losses among all such materials in the UVvisible spectrum. Its toxicity, however, can destroy the surrounding healthy tissue and thus, hinders its safe e...

BACKGROUND Nanosilver shows great promise for use in industrial, consumer or medical products because of its antimicrobial properties. However, the underlying mechanisms of the effects of silver nanoparticles on human cells are still controversial. Therefore, in the present study the influence of the chloride concentration and different serum content of culture media on the cytotoxic effects of...