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An important challenge to decrease the toxic effects of the common biocides in marine environments and to achieve suitable ecofriendly natural antifouling coatings is to find effective natural antifoulants and efficient biodegradable coatings.
Mehrnoosh Darya +5 more
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Semiconductor photocatalytic materials have shown potential in the field of antifouling due to their good antibacterial properties, stability, and nontoxic properties.
Gang Xiong, Zhanping Zhang, Yuhong Qi
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Research Progress on Modified Polyurethane in Marine Antifouling Coatings [PDF]
Due to the increasingly serious harm caused by marine fouling to humans, marine antifouling has become an urgent issue in the development of marine resources.
GAO Zihan, ZHENG Heng, ZHANG Meng, LIU Jun, ZHANG Tian
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The polyaniline emeraldine-base form (PANI-EB) and polyaniline doped with dodecyl benzene sulfonic acid (PANI-DBSA) were prepared by chemical oxidation polymerization.
Jiansan Li +6 more
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Modern approaches to marine antifouling coatings [PDF]
Marine structures such as platforms, jetties and ship hulls are subject to diverse and severe biofouling. Methods for inhibiting both organic and inorganic growth on wetted substrates are varied but most antifouling systems take the form of protective ...
Chambers, Lily D. +3 more
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Challenges for the development of new non-toxic antifouling solutions [PDF]
Marine biofouling is of major economic concern to all marine industries. The shipping trade is particularly alert to the development of new antifouling (AF) strategies, especially green AF paint as international regulations regarding the environmental ...
Hellio, Claire +4 more
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The Effect of Grooming on Five Commercial Antifouling Coatings
The majority of ships are coated with antifouling paint. These coatings can fail to completely protect from fouling due to mismatches between paint type and duty cycle, the presence of biocide tolerant fouling organisms, improperly applied, old or ...
Emily Ralston +3 more
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Growth of marine biofilms and macrofouling organisms on biocide-infused, 3D-printed thermoplastics
3D printing has become widely used to rapidly prototype and manufacture novel or bespoke objects or replacement components in a wide range of marine industries, engineering, and research.
Jeff Shimeta +6 more
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Mechanically Enhanced Self-Stratified Acrylic/Silicone Antifouling Coatings
Great attention has been paid to silicone-based fouling-release coatings (FRCs) in the realm of maritime antifouling due to their highly efficient and eco-friendly properties, but many challenges remain for developing a silicone-based FRC that improves ...
Jingjing Xue +6 more
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Bovine serum albumin proteins are used to fabricate antifouling coatings, but it is unclear which of these give the best coatings. Here, bovine serum albumin proteins from different purification processes are investigated, revealing that fatty acid-free ...
Gamaliel Junren Ma +3 more
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