Non-covalent functionalization of surfactant-assisted graphene oxide with silver nanocomposites for highly efficient photocatalysis and anti-biofilm applications

•Preparation of surfactant-assisted GO non-covalent functionalized silver nanocomposites.•rGS-AgNPs for achieving remarkable photocatalytic and anti-biofilm properties.•Size of the AgNPs are found to be 8–10 nm supported on the rGO-SL nanosheets.•Photocatalytic efficiency of the rGS-AgNPs composites reached 96.48 % within 60 min.•Destruction of biofilm formation (44.99 %) against the susceptibilities of bacteria Enterococcus faecalis.