Silver coating gets gold star

Scientists from the UK are waging war on hospital 'superbugs' with a highly effective antimicrobial organo-silver coating

Toby Jenkins and colleagues at the University of Bath have used a plasma to create a simple means to deposit a silver maleimide complex onto three-dimensional objects. An added benefit is that it can be done at room temperature so can be used on plastic and fabric, such as catheters and dressings too. More...

http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2009/12/silver_coating.asp