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Antimicrobial silver: An unprecedented anion effect

Overview of attention for article published in Scientific Reports, November 2014
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Title
Antimicrobial silver: An unprecedented anion effect
Published in
Scientific Reports, November 2014
DOI 10.1038/srep07161
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J. R. Swathy, M. Udhaya Sankar, Amrita Chaudhary, Sahaja Aigal, Anshup, T. Pradeep

Abstract

Silver is an indispensable metal but its use has to be minimised for sustainable growth. Much of the silver lost during use is unrecoverable; an example being its use as an antimicrobial agent, a property known since ages. While developing methods to create an affordable drinking water purifier especially for the developing world, we discovered that 50 parts per billion (ppb) of Ag(+) released continuously from silver nanoparticles confined in nanoscale cages is enough to cause antimicrobial activity in conditions of normal water. Here we show that the antibacterial and antiviral activities of Ag(+) can be enhanced ~1,000 fold, selectively, in presence of carbonate ions whose concentration was maintained below the drinking water norms. The protective layers of the organisms were affected during the carbonate-assisted antimicrobial activity. It is estimated that ~1,300 tons of silver can be saved annually using this new way to enhance its antimicrobial activity.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Unknown 156 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 42 27%
Researcher 23 15%
Student > Master 20 13%
Student > Bachelor 11 7%
Other 10 6%
Other 21 13%
Unknown 30 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Chemistry 23 15%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 18 11%
Engineering 16 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 8%
Materials Science 10 6%
Other 39 25%
Unknown 38 24%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 20. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 October 2021.
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#1,861,486
of 25,552,933 outputs
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#17,259
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#24,587
of 370,393 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Scientific Reports
#83
of 833 outputs
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