| Date | 20th, Sep 2018 |
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Credit: The American Chemical Society
Trendy workout clothes may advertise that special silver nanoparticles embedded in the fabric will cut the sweaty odor that builds up from repeated gym visits. It turns out there's some truth to these claims.
Silver can kill the bacteria that cause B.O., and new techniques, including nanotech, allow clothing manufacturers to incorporate silver that doesn't come out in the wash or harm the environment. In this video, Reactions explains how all of that is possible.
Citation: Video: How silver nanoparticles cut odors (2018, September 20) retrieved 22 August 2022 from https://phys.org/news/2018-09-video-silver-nanoparticles-odors.html
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