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Research directed to wet chemical synthesis of ceramics and polymer-ceramics hybrids. Particular emphasis directed to materials with novel optical and mechanical properties, to novel antimicrobial agents based on chemically-synthesized nanoparticles with tailored surface chemistries, and to the use of these agents to produce self-disinfecting surfaces. Specific attention directed to agents effective against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Mycobacterium avium.

Professional Organizations:

1. American Ceramic Society
2. American Chemical Society
3. American Physical Society

Selected Publications

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1. N. Silvestry-Rodriguez, K.R. Bright, D.C. Slack, D.R. Uhlmann & C.P. Gerba, Silver as a Residual Disinfectant to Prvent Biofilm Formation in Water Distribution Systems. Applied & Environmental Microbiology 74 (2008) 1639
2. N. Silvestry-Rodriguez, K.R. Bright, D.R. Uhlmann, D.C. Slack & C.P. Gerba, Inactivation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Aeromonas hydrophilia by Silver in Tap Water, accepted for publication, Journal of Environmental Science & Health, Part A. A42 (2007) xxx
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