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Ultrastable Silver Nanoparticles
Project ID: D2014-05Background Silver nanoparticles have shown huge technological promise in wide variety of applications due to their superior optical properties, bioactivity, and diversity of chemical and photochemical properties. However, the main challenge with silver nanoparticle is its chemical instability to oxidation, i.e. tarnishing, which...
Published: 6/18/2024   |   Inventor(s): Terry Bigioni, Anil Desireddy, Brian Conn
Keywords(s): Clusters, Nanoparticles, Silver
Category(s): Materials, Manufacturing
Antimicrobial Efficacy of Treatments Based on Plant Compounds
Researchers at the University of Arizona have demonstrated synergistic effects of silver and natural plant antimicrobials resulting in an effective, inexpensive, safe treatment with a wide variety of potential applications. Silver may be used as an alternative disinfectant in applications in which the use of traditional disinfectants such as chlorine...
Published: 4/3/2023   |   Inventor(s): Kelly Bright, Sadhana Ravishankar, Damian Gilling
Keywords(s): foodborne pathogens, plant antimicrobials, silver, synergy
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Agriculture & Horticulture, Technology Classifications > Agriculture & Horticulture > Food Science & Nutrition