A comparison of this work with relevant studies from the literature.

Nanomaterial	Bacterial strain	Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)	Antibacterial activity (zone of inhibition)	Relevant study/reference
C60 fullerenes	Escherichia coli	>500 μg mL−1	No zone of inhibition	This work
Ag-C60-Cl nanoparticles	Escherichia coli	3.9 μg mL−1	15 mm
	MRSA	3.9 μg mL−1	14 mm
Cu-C60-Cl nanoparticles	Escherichia coli	125 μg mL−1	7 mm
	MRSA	125 μg mL−1	10 mm
THF/nC60	Bacillus subtilis	0.08–0.10 mg L−1	—	Lyon et al.53
THF/nC60 small		0.008–0.010 mg L−1
THF/nC60 large		0.6–0.8 mg L−1
Son/nC60		0.4–0.6 mg L−1
Son/nC60 small		0.15–0.20 mg L−1
Son/nC60 large		0.6–0.8 mg L−1
Aq/nC60		0.4–0.6 mg L−1
Aq/nC60 small		0.1–0.23 mg L−1
Aq/nC60 large		0.75–1.5 mg L−1
PVP/C60		0.6–1.0 mg L−1
0% Ag-MWCNTs	Escherichia coli	—	11.3	Hamouda et al.54
3% Ag-MWCNTs		—	14.8 ± 0.3
6% Ag-MWCNTs		6 μg mL−1	17.1 ± 0.1
Ag NPs-PANI/MWCNT	Escherichia coli	—	≈18 mm	Deshmukh et al.55
Ag NPs on CNT carpets	Escherichia coli	—	No zone of inhibition	Karumuri et al.56