Release Strategies of Silver Ions from Materials for Bacterial Killing

• Published in: ACS applied bio materials Vol. 4; no. 5; pp. 3985 - 3999
• Main Authors: Xu, Zhiwen, Zhang, Cai, Wang, Xiang, Liu, Dingbin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 17.05.2021
• Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents - chemistry; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Bacteria - drug effects; Biocompatible Materials - chemistry; Biocompatible Materials - pharmacology; Humans; Ions - chemistry; Ions - pharmacology; Materials Testing; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Particle Size; Silver - chemistry; Silver - pharmacology; responsive triggers; nanotechnology; silver ions; antibacterial mechanism; bacterial killing

Silver-based antibacterial agents have attracted much attention in biomedical fields owing to their high antibacterial activity. Silver ions (Ag+) play a significant role in killing bacteria because they can readily adsorb to most biomolecules (DNA, membrane protein, enzymes, or intracellular cofact...