Nanoparticles of silver in antimicrobial treatment of textiles

Abstract

Silver is used in the treatment for more than 4000 years. It exists in elemental form, in the salts (silver nitrate, silver sulfide, silver acetate, etc.) and in the alloys. Silver sulfadiazine was used in the treatment of wounds from bums, injuries and some bacterial infections. With the application of antibiotics, use of silver in the treatment of diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms descended into oblivion. However, the recent application of silver nanoparticles is large comeback of silver in protection against microorganisms. The use of silver nanoparticles is also important, as several pathogenic bacteria have developed resistance against various antibiotics. Because of this unfortunate occurrence, the institutions with a high risk of infection, lose their fight with microorganisms, finding out in the use of silver and copper. This paper considers the problem of application of silver nanoparticles on textile material. The paper describes the preparation of silver nanoparticles, and the procedures applying to the textile material.