A novel methodology to study antimicrobial properties of high-touch surfaces used for indoor hygiene applications—A study on Cu metal

• T. Chang,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Div. Surface and Corrosion Science, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Stockholm, Sweden, AIMES—Center for the Advancement of Integrated Medical and Engineering Sciences at Karolinska Institutet and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2510-7766

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• M. Sepati,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

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• G. Herting,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Div. Surface and Corrosion Science, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Stockholm, Sweden

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• C. Leygraf,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Div. Surface and Corrosion Science, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Stockholm, Sweden

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• G. Kuttuva Rajarao,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Industrial Biotechnology, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

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• K. Butina,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations AIMES—Center for the Advancement of Integrated Medical and Engineering Sciences at Karolinska Institutet and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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• A. Richter-Dahlfors,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations AIMES—Center for the Advancement of Integrated Medical and Engineering Sciences at Karolinska Institutet and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Fibre and Polymer Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

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• E. Blomberg,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Div. Surface and Corrosion Science, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Stockholm, Sweden

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7496-1101

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• I. Odnevall Wallinder

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ingero@kth.se

  Affiliations Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Div. Surface and Corrosion Science, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Stockholm, Sweden, AIMES—Center for the Advancement of Integrated Medical and Engineering Sciences at Karolinska Institutet and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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