Antibacterial Characteristics of Lotus-Type Porous Copper

Table 1

Porosity, average pore diameter, and specific surface area of nonporous and lotus-type porous copper samples.

	Nonporous copper	Lotus-type porous copper
		A	B	C
Porosity (%)	—	72.2	71.4	47.8
Average pore diameter (𝜇m)	—	1128.3	670.6	222.1
Specific surface area (cm^2/g)	1.1	6.5	9.0	14.1