Nanosilver: An inorganic nanoparticle with myriad potential applications

Nanotechnology Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 281-309

  Rai, Mahendra ^a   Birla, Sonal ^a   Ingle, Avinash P ^a   Gupta, Indarchand ^a   Gade, Aniket ^b   Abd Elsalam, Kamel ^c   Marcato, Priscyla D ^d   Duran, Nelson ^d  

^a SANT GADGE BABA AMRAVATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PLANT PATHOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioactivity; Bionanotechnology; Diversity; Inorganic nanoparticles; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; BIOACTIVITY; DRUG DELIVERY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROORGANISMS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; TOXICITY;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AREA OF INTEREST; BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL ROUTE; BIONANOTECHNOLOGY; DIVERSITY; INORGANIC NANOPARTICLE;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84926456706     PISSN: 21919089     EISSN: 21919097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ntrev-2014-0001     Document Type: Review

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