Applied Silver

IDTechEx have studied the technologies that generate long-term (residual) antimicrobial effect, focusing on coatings and additives. Out of the core technologies analyzed, silver was found to be the most widely developed and commercialized. This article covers the use of silver as an antimicrobial.

Applied Silver is an antimicrobial technology startup that has developed SilvaClean, an EPA approved water-based ionic silver additive for textiles. IDTechEx analyst Nadia Tsao interviewed Applied Silver's Chief Marketing Officer, Dr Priya Balachandran.