Table 1.

Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) data for some Ag and SiO₂–Ag structures.

Composition	MIC Recalculated to Pure Ag	Reference
mSiO2@NH2@Ag (~140 nm)	E. coli (10.12 µg/mL)	[18]
Ag NPs (5–20 nm)	E. coli (64 µg/mL), S. aureus (256 µg/mL)	[20]
Bio-Ag NPs, (8–48 nm)	S. aureus (~6.25 µg/mL)	[21]
Ag NPs@WMSs (~150 nm)	E. coli (~3 µg/mL), S. aureus (~4 µg/mL)	[22]
CTAB-MSN/Ag (~120 nm)	E. coli (~2 µg/mL), S. aureus (~1 µg/mL)	This study