Silver cycle: New evidence for natural synthesis of silver nanoparticles

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 11:31 in Physics & Chemistry

Because they have a variety of useful properties, especially as antibacterial and antifungal agents, silver nanoparticles increasingly are being used in a wide variety of industrial and consumer products. This in turn has raised concerns about what happens to them once released into the environment. Now a new research paper adds an additional wrinkle: Nature may be making silver nanoparticles on its own.

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