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A Robust Natural Rubber–Polyzwitterion Composite Hydrogel for Highly Enhanced Marine Anti-Biofouling [PDF]

Gels
Polyzwitterion (PZW) hydrogel has excellent marine anti-biofouling performance, but it is difficult to effectively work for a long time in natural seawater due to its weak mechanical strength.
Ye Sun, Dominic John, Yuxin Yan, Xueliang Feng, Qingrong Wei, Chunxin Ma, Zhenzhong Liu, Haimei Mao, Tuck-Whye Wong, Yun Chen   +9 more
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Investigating the Impacts of UVC Radiation on Natural and Cultured Biofilms: An assessment of Cell Viability

Microorganisms, 2023
Biofilms are conglomerates of cells, water, and extracellular polymeric substances which can lead to various functional and financial setbacks. As a result, there has been a drive towards more environmentally friendly antifouling methods, such as the use
Cierra R. Braga, Kailey N. Richard, Harrison Gardner, Geoffrey Swain, Kelli Z. Hunsucker   +4 more
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The Nitrate-Dependent Impact of Carbon Source Starvation on EH40 Steel Corrosion Induced by the Coexistence of Desulfovibrio vulgaris and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Metals, 2023
Carbon source starvation can promote steel corrosion in the presence of a pure culture through extracellular electron transfer (EET). However, the impact of carbon source starvation on corrosion induced by mixed strains is still unknown.
Wenkai Wang, Zhihua Sun, Jiajia Wu, Dun Zhang, Peng Wang, Ce Li, Liyang Zhu, Yaohua Gao, Yan Sun   +8 more
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The Application of UVC Used in Synergy with Surface Material to Prevent Marine Biofouling

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021
Biofouling is problematic for the shipping industry and can lead to functional and financial setbacks. One possible means of biofouling prevention is the use of ultraviolet-C (UVC) light.
Kailey N. Richard, Kelli Z. Hunsucker, Harrison Gardner, Kris Hickman, Geoffrey Swain   +4 more
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Microbiologically influenced corrosion of steel in coastal surface seawater contaminated by crude oil

npj Materials Degradation, 2022
Petroleum-hydrocarbons spilt in surface seawater may pose potential threats to the corrosion of steel infrastructures. We show that crude oil accelerated steel corrosion mainly by accelerating microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC).
Yimeng Zhang, Xiaofan Zhai, Fang Guan, Xucheng Dong, Jiawen Sun, Ruiyong Zhang, Jizhou Duan, Binbin Zhang, Baorong Hou   +8 more
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The Effects of Biofouling and Corrosion Products on Impressed Current Cathodic Protection System Design for Offshore Monopile Foundations

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022
The robustness of the cathodic protection systems utilized for offshore wind monopile foundations depends on the surface condition of the steel as well as the environmental conditions.
Caglar Erdogan, Geoffrey Swain
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Comparative performance of activated sludge and aerobic granular sludge sequencing batch reactors for removing metalloid SeIV/VI oxyanions

Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters, 2021
Biotransformation of soluble selenite (SeIV) and selenate (SeVI) to biomass-associated Se0 (Bio-Se) provides a solution for mitigating Se pollution coupled to securing scarce element.
M. Sarvajith, Y.V. Nancharaiah
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Anti-Biofouling Polymers with Special Surface Wettability for Biomedical Applications

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021
The use of anti-biofouling polymers has widespread potential for counteracting marine, medical, and industrial biofouling. The anti-biofouling action is usually related to the degree of surface wettability.
Zhoukun He, Xiaochen Yang, Xiaochen Yang, Na Wang, Na Wang, Linpeng Mu, Linpeng Mu, Jinyuan Pan, Jinyuan Pan, Xiaorong Lan, Hongmei Li, Fei Deng, Fei Deng   +12 more
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Reverse osmosis membrane biofouling: causes, consequences and countermeasures

npj Clean Water, 2022
Biofouling has been referred to as “the Achilles heel” of reverse osmosis (RO) membrane technology; the main cause being polyamide RO membranes lack of chlorine tolerance. Biofouling increases the operating cost of water treatment by increasing RO system
Eric M. V. Hoek, Timothy M. Weigand, Arian Edalat   +2 more
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Exploring Biofouling Control by the California Sea Cucumber (Apostichopus californicus) in Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) with Organic Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

Fishes, 2023
The growth of biofouling on aquaculture infrastructure is a universal challenge. Standard industry practices to remove biofouling in finfish aquaculture typically include in situ net cleaning via power washing.
Emaline M. Montgomery, Barb L. Cannon, Christopher M. Pearce   +2 more
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