Table 4.

Characteristics and antibacterial behavior of CNTs and GO-based materials.

CNTs and GO Based Materials Features					Antibacterial Evaluation
Type	Material	Fabrication Method	Concentration (µg/mL)	Bacterial Strains	Incubation Time (h)	Method	Inhibition	Ref.
Nanowalls	GO	Hummers and Offeman	-	E. coli	24	PC	59%	[110]
				S. aureus			74%
Nanosheets	GO	Hummers and Offeman	175	P. aeruginosa	2	PC	100%	[111]
Nanopowder	GO	Hummers and Offeman	40	E. coli	2	PC	69.30%	[113]
Nanosheets	GO	Hummers and Offeman	100	E. coli	2	PC	17%	[114]
Nanosheets	GO	Hummers and Offeman	100	E.coli	3	PC	100%	[115]
			125	S.iniae
Nanosheets	GO	Hummers and Offeman	85	E. coli	2	PC	98.50%	[116]
Nanosheets	GO	Hummers and Offeman	40	E. coli	2	PC	97.70%	[117]
Nanosheets	GO	Modified Hummers’procedure	100	E. coli	2.5	TEM	-	[118]
SWCNTs	CNTs	Electric arc discharge	100	P. aeruginosa and S. aureus	24	PC	50–60% and 70%	[119]
DWCNTs	CNTs	Catalytic Chemical Vapour Deposition
MWCNTs	CNTs	Catalyst-assisted chemical vapor deposition
SWCNTs	CNTs	CO disproportionation	5	E. coli	1	PC	86.80%	[120]
SWCNTs	CNTs	CO incorporated MCM-41	5	E. coli	1	PC	80.10%	[121]
MWCNTs	CNTs	Chemical Vapour Deposition method	5	E. coli	1	PC	24.40%
SWCNTs	CNTs	CO decomposition	1/70 CNT/polymer(PLGA)	S. epidermidis	0.5	PC	98%	[122]
MWCNTs	CNTs	NanoLab productions	500	S.typhimurium, B. subtilis, S. aureus	1	PC	minor	[123]
SWCNTs	CNTs	NanoLab productions	200–250				−7 log

PC: Plate Count; TEM: transmission electron microscopy.