Localised corrosion attacks and oxide growth on copper in phosphate-buffered saline

• Published in: Materials characterization Vol. 158; p. 109985
• Main Authors: Luo, Jiaqi, Hein, Christina, Pierson, Jean-François, Mücklich, Frank
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.12.2019; Elsevier
• Subjects: Copper; Corrosion; Cuprous oxide; E. coli; Engineering Sciences; Orientation; PBS; PBS; Corrosion; Copper; Orientation; Cuprous oxide; E. coli

Phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) is a buffer commonly used in antibacterial surface research. However, how copper surface varies in the buffer, in terms of corrosion attacks and oxide growth, is not yet fully recognised. In this study, PBS was applied as droplet on two types of copper surface: ground...