Presently, there is a growing demand for smart and intelligent garments, including cotton cloth, that are electroconductive and able to store energy or communicate. In such applications, antimicrobial activity can eliminate microbial colonization and reduce the possibility of infection. GM particles exhibit antibacterial activity, dependent on their dispersibility, adsorption ability, number of corners and sharp edges
[1][15], hence strongly influenced by the lateral size, shape, number of layers, surface modification, agglomeration, and dispersion. Three main mechanisms, recently postulated, include the action of sharp edges, oxidative stress, and wrapping or trapping of bacteria due to the flexible thin-film structure of GM. The action of the sharp edges, also called nanoknives, nanoblades, or cutters, is believed to be crucial. The edges, acting as cutters, can mechanically disrupt the cellular membranes and cause their integrity loss, e.g.,
[2][3][4][16,17,18], although it requires the direct contact of the bacteria with GM sheets. Recently, to obtain an antibacterial material, Han et al.
[5][19] functionalized GO with hydrophilic polymers and used it as a vector for silver (Ag) nanoparticles and sulfadiazine. Deposition of Ag particles on carbon nanotube-coated fibrous materials, including cotton fabric, made them antibacterial
[6][7][8][6,20,21], as such particles act against bacteria and fungi, and are also antiviral
[9][10][22,23]. Metal-based nanoparticles are effective against a wide variety of microorganisms as their bonds to biomolecules are non-specific
[10][11][12][13][14][23,24,25,26,27].