We have been aware of the difficulties with differentiating between silver particles that fit the scientific definition of "colloidal", which are too large to pass through the cell walls, and silver particles that are small enough to do so.
We have been using the word "ionic" to refer to these smaller particles, even though the scientifically accepted and used definition of "ionic" simply means the particle has a positive or negative charge, and doesn't actually refer to the particle size. Why don't we use the word "nanosilver", as used by a growing number of scientists. We say "EIS" (Electrically Isolated Silver) to refer to our whole method of suspending silver in pure water without the addition of other substances, but this term doesn't distinguish between large and small particle size. See: http://www.physorg.com/printnews.php?newsid=7264 http://www.jnanobiotechnology.com/content/3/1/6 In this work, we demonstrate that silver nanoparticles undergo a size-dependent interaction with HIV-1, with nanoparticles exclusively in the range of 110 nm attached to the virus. www.cesil.com/leaderforchemist/articoli/inglese/7demlinging/7demlinging.htm __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
