Engineering Materials

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Silver Nanoparticle ApplicationsIn the Fabrication and Design of Medical and Biosensing Devices

EditorsEmilio I. AlarconBio-nanomaterials Chemistry

and Engineering Laboratory, Cardiac Surgery Research

University of Ottawa Heart Institute Ottawa Canada

May GriffithIntegrative Regenerative Medicine Centre Linköping University Linköping Sweden

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ISSN 1612-1317 ISSN 1868-1212 (electronic)Engineering MaterialsISBN 978-3-319-11261-9 ISBN 978-3-319-11262-6 (eBook)DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-11262-6

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Klas I. UdekwuSwedish Medical Nanoscience Center Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden

To Alonso for not giving up and Madleen for her love; and in memory of Alexander Y.N.

To Malcolm, Meagan, Marisa, Pip and Button; and in memory of little Rowley

To Ruth, Sofia, Ben, Lena and chi’m

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Nanomaterials bear the promise of revolutionizing the development of biomate-rials for the medical sciences and biosensing. However, prior to safe and effica-cious translational applications of such materials in the clinic, comprehension of the nature of nanoparticles and the properties they impart to the materials that they are incorporated into them, is necessary. Hence, multidisciplinary collaboration amongst biologists, chemists, engineers, physicists, and clinicians is critical for designing the next generation of nanomaterials with improved biological activity and regenerative properties, and for moving these along the translational pipeline from “bench to bedside.”

Silver nanoparticles, in particular, have a special, almost unique, place among nano-sized materials. This is due to their unique and multi-functional properties that include their archetypical antimicrobial activity, excellent thermoplasmonic capabilities, and superior surface Raman properties. This book, authored by active researchers, reviews the latest research on silver nanoparticles and nanomateri-als around the globe. We provide an overview of the current knowledge on the synthesis, uses, and applications of nanoparticulate silver. In short, students and researchers in the field will gain an up-to-date understanding of what silver nano-particles are, their current uses, and future challenges and horizons of these nano-materials in the development of new materials with improved properties.

Emilio I. AlarconMay Griffith

Klas I. Udekwu

Preface

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The editors would like to express their gratitude to the authors of this book; without their valuable contribution this endeavor would not have been possible. Also, the editors would like to express their thankfulness to Dr. Rashmi Tiwari-Pandey at the Division of Cardiac Surgery—Biomaterials and Regeneration Program, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, for her help during the final stages of formatting and proofreading of the book.

Emilio I. AlarconMay Griffith

Klas I. Udekwu

Acknowledgments

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Contents

Silver Nanoparticles: From Bulk Material to Colloidal Nanoparticles . . . 1Kevin Stamplecoskie

Synthetic Routes for the Preparation of Silver Nanoparticles . . . . . . . . . . 13Natalia L. Pacioni, Claudio D. Borsarelli, Valentina Rey and Alicia V. Veglia

Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Using Nanoparticles . . . . . 47Altaf Khetani, Ali Momenpour, Vidhu S. Tiwari and Hanan Anis

Silver Nanoparticles in Heterogeneous Plasmon Mediated Catalysis . . . . 71María González-Béjar

Biomedical Uses of Silver Nanoparticles: From Roman Wine Cups to Biomedical Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Hasitha de Alwis Weerasekera, May Griffith and Emilio I. Alarcon

Anti-microbiological and Anti-infective Activities of Silver . . . . . . . . . . . . 127May Griffith, Klas I. Udekwu, Spyridon Gkotzis, Thien-Fah Mah and Emilio I. Alarcon

Erratum to: Biomedical Uses of Silver Nanoparticles: From Roman Wine Cups to Biomedical Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E1Hasitha de Alwis Weerasekera, May Griffith and Emilio I. Alarcon

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Contributors

Emilio I. Alarcon Bio-nanomaterials Chemistry and Engineering Laboratory, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada; Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Hasitha de Alwis Weerasekera Department of Chemistry and Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Hanan Anis School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Claudio D. Borsarelli Laboratorio de Cinética y Fotoquímica (LACIFO), Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Santiago del Estero (CITSE-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero (UNSE), Santiago del Estero, Argentina

Spyridon Gkotzis Swedish Medical Nanoscience Centre, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

María González-Béjar Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol)/Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Paterna, Spain

May Griffith Integrative Regenerative Medicine Centre, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Swedish Medical Nanoscience Centre, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinksa Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Altaf Khetani School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Thien-Fah Mah Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Ali Momenpour School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

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Natalia L. Pacioni INFIQC, CONICET and Departamento de Química Orgánica- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas-Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba, Argentina

Valentina Rey Laboratorio de Cinética y Fotoquímica (LACIFO), Centro de Inves-tigaciones y Transferencia de Santiago del Estero (CITSE-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero (UNSE), Santiago del Estero, Argentina

Kevin Stamplecoskie Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, USA

Vidhu S. Tiwari SRM University, Sonepat–Kundli Urban Complex Sonepat, Haryana, India

Klas I. Udekwu Swedish Medical Nanoscience Centre, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinksa Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Alicia V. Veglia INFIQC, CONICET and Departamento de Química Orgánica-Facultad de Ciencias Químicas-Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Ciudad Universi-taria, Córdoba, Argentina