Table 1.

Zone of inhibition (ZOI) of silver nanomaterials against E. coli and B. subtilis.

Agent	Silver Dosage (μg/cm2)	ZOI (diameter, cm)		ZOI/Dosage (cm3/μg)		Ref.
		E. coli	B. subtilis	E. coli	B. subtilis
Ag/ZnO	10455	2.3 ± 0.06	2.5 ± 0.12	2.2 × 10−4	2.4 × 10−4	[1]
AgNPs/ Coffea extract	1892	3.1	2.7	1.6 × 10−3	1.4 × 10−3	[2]
Silver Catheter	-	No ZOI	0.73 ± 0.21	-	-	[3]
Dopa-PAA/PEI-0.05AgNPs	128	-	0.26 ± 0.04	-	1.8 × 10−3	[5]
AgNPs/ PCL/PDMAEMA	126	1.02	-	8.2×10−3	-	[6]
AgNPs@oCNT-Nanohybrid	77	0.51	-	6.6 × 10−3	-	[42]
PDMS- SMs-AgNPs	14.5	0.98 ± 0.02	1.16 ± 0.04	6.7 × 10−2	8.0 × 10−2	This work