Source: SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 7/12/17


Agricultural Research Service materials engineer Sunghyun Nam developed an inexpensive, effective and environmentally friendly method to kill bacteria by creating silver nanoparticles inside cotton fibers. For more than a century, clothing and medical supplies have included silver as an antimicrobial agent. However, washing tends to remove silver's powerful antimicrobial properties.

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