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New Antivirals and Antibacterials Based on Silver Nanoparticles
Author(s) -
Ciriminna Rosaria,
Albo Yael,
Pagliaro Mario
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemmedchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.817
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1860-7187
pISSN - 1860-7179
DOI - 10.1002/cmdc.202000390
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , scope (computer science) , antibiotics , silver nanoparticle , antimicrobial , biochemical engineering , interface (matter) , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , computer science , nanoparticle , engineering , materials science , organic chemistry , biochemistry , gibbs isotherm , adsorption , programming language
The rediscovery of the medical uses of silver provides another noticeable example, this time at the interface of chemistry and medicine, of the real (and nonlinear) progress of scientific research. Several new silver‐based antimicrobial products have thus been commercialized in the last two decades. Next‐generation antibacterials and antivirals of broad scope, low toxicity and affordable cost, we argue in this study, will be based on microencapsulated Ag nanoparticles.