As long as the metal/polymer interface is intact high corrosion potentials result from the inhibition of the anodic metal dissolution whereas rather negative potentials are observed for a corroding metal/polymer interface. [ Stratmann et al. Corros. Sci. 32 (1991) 467–470]

Is this always the case?  I saw some contradicting work. I must have missed some important point of the research here by

 [Nazarov et al, D. Thierry, Scanning Kelvin probe study of metal/polymer interfaces, Electrochim. Acta. 49 (2004) 2955–2964],

which says that a metal-polymer interface potential can be negative or positive compared to the bare metal depending upon the dipole interaction between the metal and the polymer.

Can anyone Please point me where I have mistaken in understanding this?

Thank you very much

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