Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 95-101 , March 2007

Antimicrobial effects of silver nanoparticles

  • Jun Sung Kim, DVM, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Toxicology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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  • Eunye Kuk, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemistry Education, College of Education, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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  • Kyeong Nam Yu, MS

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Toxicology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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  • Jong-Ho Kim, MS

      Affiliations

    • Organic Synthesis Laboratory, School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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  • Sung Jin Park, BS

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Toxicology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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  • Hu Jang Lee, DVM, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju, Korea
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  • So Hyun Kim, DVM, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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  • Young Kyung Park, DVM, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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  • Yong Ho Park, DVM, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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  • Cheol-Yong Hwang, DVM, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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  • Yong-Kwon Kim, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Micro Sensors and Actuators, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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  • Yoon-Sik Lee, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Organic Synthesis Laboratory, School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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  • Dae Hong Jeong, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemistry Education, College of Education, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Chemistry Education, College of Education, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
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  • Myung-Haing Cho, DVM, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Toxicology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Received 28 July 2006 ,Accepted 15 December 2006.

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 No conflict of interest was reported by the authors of this paper.

 J.S. Kim and E. Kuk contributed equally to this work.

PII: S1549-9634(06)00346-7

doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2006.12.001

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 95-101 , March 2007

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