Activated Carbon Fibers “Thickly Overgrown” by Ag Nanohair Through Self-Assembly and Rapid Thermal Annealing

Table 1 Antibacterial activities of ACFs against E. coli and S. aureus

Samples	Antibacterial activities
	E. coli		S. aureus
	Surviving cells (cfu/mL)	% reduction	Surviving cells (cfu/mL)	% reduction
ACFs	3.57 × 10⁴	–	5.4 × 10³	–
Ag nanohair-grown ACFs	27	~ 100	49	99.9
Ag nanohair-grown ACFs with ultrasonic washing 30 times	0	100	120	97.8