Nano silver particles This weeks topic caught my attention because nanotechnology is something that I encounter in my everyday life. I found the use of nano silver to be especially interesting. Silver has been used for hundreds of years for its antibacterial properties, even before people fully understood what bacteria was. Ancient European nobilities used silver tableware as a way to prevent food poisoning. Settlers would place silver in their water and milk jugs to prevent spoilage (Nowack). Although people have been taking advantage of silver for a long time, the use of nano silver has only been present for about a hundred years, and more recently it has become popular in activewear. A nanosilver textile This is one of Lululemon's Silverscent tanktops Companies are now sewing nano silver into their garments because of its antibacterial properties. As activewear becomes more and more of a in the modern wardrobe, the demand for high quality, longer l...