Just for once it's chemistry and not marketing!

This article on a proposed replacement explains the use of Ag nanoparticles as an antibacterial agent. Google the term and you'll also find a lot of articles worrying about the safety of silver nanoparticles in clothing. The idea is that antibacterial clothing will smell less, but some people worry about the safety of this, and detergent tends to deactivate it anyway.

In the case of this book though, I would expect most of the silver to stay in the filter but even if not it's likely to be safer than drinking contaminated water.

heh.


The funniest thing to me about this video is the "Related Videos" list at the bottom. "Nanoparticles could help make hydrogen cheaper than gasoline." Sure sounds like Bart Simpson making cranberry sauce on Thanksgiving to me!

Very nice.
Was watching this and before the mention of nanoparticles, I had the same thought.

Why not use nano-particles with targeting proteins ?

And they are!!

Fascinating stuff, who is doing the major research on this, and where can I find out more ?