At work against microbes for over a century
Nanosilver: a new name – well known effects
Jan 27, 2011 | BEATRICE HUBER
Nanosilver is not a new discovery by nanotechnologists – it has been used in various products for over a hundred years, as is shown by a new Empa study. The antimicrobial effects of minute silver particles, which were then known as “colloidal silver”, were known from the earliest days of its use.
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