Table 10.

Antimicrobial studies performed with CUR in the composite of graphene and quantum dots (QDs).

Type of Material	[CUR] Formulation	Microorganism	Type of Culture	Antimicrobial Method	Antimicrobial [CUR]	Light/Ultrasonic Parameters	Reference
G-NH2–IONP–PEG	0.004 g	S. aureus E. coli	Planktonic	Colony count	100, 125 μg/mL	-	[210]
CUR-rGO	N/R	E. faecalis	Biofilm	MBIC aPDT	250 μg/mL	360 J/cm2	[211]
GrZnO	N/R	MRSA	Planktonic	MIC Inhibition zone Metabolic activity	Up to 62.5 μg/mL	-	[212]
CUR-cQDs	0.6	S. aureus MRSA E. faecalis E. coli K. pneumoniae P. aeruginosa	Planktonic Biofilm	Grown inhibition Biomass evaluation Confocal microscopy	3.91–7.825 µg/mL	-	[213]
CUR-cQDs	200 mg	EV-71	Cell infection Animal infection	MIC Plaque assay TCIC50 assay Western blot PCR	5 μg/mL	-	[214]
CUR-MQD	2:1 wt%	K. pneumoniae P. aeruginosa S. aureus	Planktonic	MIC MBC Confocal microscopy Fluorescence microscopy Flow cytometry	<0.00625–0.125 μg/mL	-	[215]
CUR-GQDs	N/C	A. actinomycetemcomitans P. gingivalis P. intermedia	Mixed- biofilm	aPDT	100 μg/mL	60–80 J/cm2	[216]

[CUR]: CUR concentration. -: not performed. N/R: not reported. N/C: not clear.