Facile synthesis of Ag/GNS-g-PAA nanohybrids for antimicrobial applications

► Ag/PAA-grafted GNS nanohybrids were fabricated via a facile and efficient aqueous phase-based strategy. ► The Ag nanoparticles can be uniformly deposited on the surfaces of functionalized GNSs with a controlled size distribution of 4-8 nm. ► The Ag/PAA-grafted GNS nanohybrids exhibited exhibit good antimicrobial activity.