silver nanoparticles Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 18:18:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Porous Gel Made of Silver Nanoparticles Provides Solution to Drinking Water Shortage https://www.greenoptimistic.com/porous-gel-silver-nanoparticles-water-filter-20130826/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/porous-gel-silver-nanoparticles-water-filter-20130826/#respond Mon, 26 Aug 2013 18:18:34 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=41054 A team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University and University of Colorado developed a method to purify contaminated water using silver nanoparticles. The technology, unlike any of the existing ones, is cheap, fast, effective, and does not require any electricity. The work was published in the latest issue of the journal Environmental Science and Technology. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/porous-gel-silver-nanoparticles-water-filter-20130826/feed/ 0 41054 Silver Nanoparticles Not Green, But Threat to Ecosystems https://www.greenoptimistic.com/silver-nanoparticles-ecosystems-20130228/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/silver-nanoparticles-ecosystems-20130228/#respond Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:39:01 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=34224 Silver nanoparticles, used in various consumer products, were found to reduce the biomass of plants and microbes by one third, only five days after application. The study that revealed these findings was conducted by a team at Duke University. The scientists are convinced that although the findings are preliminary, they explain much of the unknown […]

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