Nanosilver Breakthrough or Biohazard?
Silver Through the Ages ca. 750 B.C. ca. 50 A.D. 1861
Silver Nanoparticles ~15 nm in diameter
How Small is a Nanometer? A nanometer = one billionth of a meter = meters
How Many Dots? 9 dots per side x 6 sides = 54 dots
How Many Dots? 6 dots per cube x 27 cubes = 162 dots
How Many Dots? Big Cube 54 dots Small Cubes 162 dots
Germs!!!
Argyria
Zebra Fish
Normal Fish Larvae
Larvae Grown in Nanosilver
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This project was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ESI Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation. Additional funding for development of this product was provided by the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center headquartered at Harvard University and the Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing headquartered at Northeastern University, University of Massachusetts-Lowell and the University of New Hampshire, with support from the National Science Foundation.