[HTML][HTML] Functional polymer materials for modern marine biofouling control

H Qiu, K Feng, A Gapeeva, K Meurisch, S Kaps… - Progress in Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine biofouling is a well-known massive problem: within the shortest time, ship hulls and
other man-made submerged surfaces are inevitably populated by various marine …

Research strategies to develop environmentally friendly marine antifouling coatings

Y Gu, L Yu, J Mou, D Wu, M Xu, P Zhou, Y Ren - Marine Drugs, 2020 - mdpi.com
There are a large number of fouling organisms in the ocean, which easily attach to the
surface of ships, oil platforms and breeding facilities, corrode the surface of equipment …

Silicone-based fouling-release coatings for marine antifouling

P Hu, Q Xie, C Ma, G Zhang - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
Marine biofouling profoundly influences marine industries and activities. It slows the speed
and increases the fuel consumption of ships, corrodes offshore platforms, and blocks …

Recent developments and applications of protective silicone coatings: A review of PDMS functional materials

U Eduok, O Faye, J Szpunar - Progress in Organic Coatings, 2017 - Elsevier
The classification of silicones in the literature is as broad as their properties and
applications; in this work, we have restricted the discussion to polydimethylsiloxanes …

Recent progress in marine foul-release polymeric nanocomposite coatings

MS Selim, MA Shenashen, SA El-Safty… - Progress in Materials …, 2017 - Elsevier
Progress in materials science is associated with the development of nanomaterials in terms
of energy-saving, environmentally friendly, and low-cost methods. Since the use of tributyltin …

Antifouling nanocomposite polymer coatings for marine applications: A review on experiments, mechanisms, and theoretical studies

S Pourhashem, A Seif, F Saba, EG Nezhad, X Ji… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine fouling is a worldwide challenge with huge damages on industrial structures, side
effects on economics of industries, and environmental and safety-related hazards. Different …

Progress in biomimetic leverages for marine antifouling using nanocomposite coatings

MS Selim, SA El-Safty, MA Shenashen… - Journal of materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Because of the environmental and economic casualties of biofouling on maritime navigation,
modern studies have been devoted toward formulating advanced nanoscale composites in …

Carbon nanotube-and graphene-reinforced multiphase polymeric composites: review on their properties and applications

A Kumar, K Sharma, AR Dixit - Journal of Materials Science, 2020 - Springer
In this review, recent progress in the mechanical, thermal and interfacial properties of
graphene/CNT multiphase polymer composites is examined. Progress in the mechanical …

Functional nanomaterials, synergisms, and biomimicry for environmentally benign marine antifouling technology

A Kumar, ALJ Ahmed, O Bazaka, EP Ivanova… - Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Marine biofouling remains one of the key challenges for maritime industries, both for
seafaring and stationary structures. Currently used biocide-based approaches suffer from …

Facile design of graphene oxide-ZnO nanorod-based ternary nanocomposite as a superhydrophobic and corrosion-barrier coating

MS Selim, SA El-Safty, MA Abbas… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2021 - Elsevier
We reported a facile design of ternary nanocomposites of polydimethylsiloxane
(PDMS)/graphene oxide nanosheets decorated with ZnO nanorods (GO-ZnO NRs) as an …