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Using Silver Nanoparticles as an Antimicrobial Agent

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Antimicrobial and antifungal properties of silver nanoparticles, silver ions, acrylate paint and cotton fabric impregnated with Ag nanoparticles were assessed against Escherichia coli (Gram-negative bacterium); Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis (Gram-positive bacteria); Aspergillus niger, Aureobasidium pullulans and Penicillium phoeniceum (cosmopolitan saprotrophic fungi). The silver ions used in the bacterial susceptibility tests were released from pure silver electrodes using a 12 V battery-operated direct current generator. The water-based silver colloidal solution was obtained by electroreduction of silver ions in water. Nanosilver was less effective against E. coli, S. aureus, B. subtilis and P. phoeniceum compared to silver ions. However silver nanoparticles have prolonged bactericidal effect as a result of continuous release of Ag ions in sufficient concentration and thus nanoparticles can be more suitable in some bactericidal applications. The synthesized silver nanoparticles added to water paints or cotton fabrics have demonstrated a pronounced antibacterial and antifungal effect.

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  1. Institute of Nuclear Physics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

    R. R. Khaydarov & R. A. Khaydarov

  2. V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forestry SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

    S. Evgrafova

  3. Department of Materials Engineering, ARC Centre of Excellence for Design in Light Metals, Monash University and CSIRO Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Clayton, VIC, Australia

    Y. Estrin

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  1. School of Pharmacy &, Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Lewes Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 4GJ, United Kingdom

    Sergey Mikhalovsky

  2. Center for Emergency Medicine, Ministry of Public Health, Republican Specialised Scientific, Tashkent, 100115, Uzbekistan

    Abdukhakim Khajibaev

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Khaydarov, R.R., Khaydarov, R.A., Evgrafova, S., Estrin, Y. (2011). Using Silver Nanoparticles as an Antimicrobial Agent. In: Mikhalovsky, S., Khajibaev, A. (eds) Biodefence. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0217-2_18

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