TY - CHAP
T1 - Silver Nanoparticles
T2 - A Promising Antimicrobial and Antiviral Material in Advanced Healthcare Applications
AU - Kokkarachedu, Varaprasad
AU - Cid, Daniel Cole
AU - Jayaramudu, Tippabattini
AU - Sadiku, Rotimi
AU - Congreve, Rodrigo Cáceres
AU - Quezada, Carolina Paz
AU - Sisubalan, Natarajan
AU - Chandrasekaran, Karthikeyan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Nanoparticles have been used as antimicrobial and antiviral materials, especially, in advanced healthcare applications. This is due to their advanced physicochemical and biomedical (size and solubility) properties. Silver (Ag) is the first material used for several medical applications in human daily life. Mainly, Ag nanoparticles can generate influential active radicals, that can easily interact with bacterial envelopes and inhibit bacterial growth. In addition, they can be used against many viruses (including COVID-19) and also for the control of the virus spread and viral infections. This chapter addresses the importance of Ag and its derivative materials against several bacteria and viruses. In addition, we highlight, briefly, the reports on the recent articles.
AB - Nanoparticles have been used as antimicrobial and antiviral materials, especially, in advanced healthcare applications. This is due to their advanced physicochemical and biomedical (size and solubility) properties. Silver (Ag) is the first material used for several medical applications in human daily life. Mainly, Ag nanoparticles can generate influential active radicals, that can easily interact with bacterial envelopes and inhibit bacterial growth. In addition, they can be used against many viruses (including COVID-19) and also for the control of the virus spread and viral infections. This chapter addresses the importance of Ag and its derivative materials against several bacteria and viruses. In addition, we highlight, briefly, the reports on the recent articles.
KW - Antimicrobial
KW - Antiviral
KW - COVID-19
KW - Nanoparticles
KW - Silver
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85187471070&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-50093-0_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-50093-0_1
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85187471070
T3 - Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences
SP - 1
EP - 17
BT - Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences
PB - Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
ER -
