Bioinspired marine antifouling coatings: Status, prospects, and future

H Jin, L Tian, W Bing, J Zhao, L Ren - Progress in Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine biofouling has negatively affected human sailing since ancient times. Traditional
antifouling coatings were banned worldwide in 2003 due to their toxicity towards nontarget …

Biomimetic surface coatings for marine antifouling: Natural antifoulants, synthetic polymers and surface microtopography

L Chen, Y Duan, M Cui, R Huang, R Su, W Qi… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Marine biofouling is a ubiquitous problem that accompanies human marine activities and
marine industries. It exerts detrimental impacts on the economy, environment, ecology, and …

Recent advances in zwitterionic hydrogels: Preparation, property, and biomedical application

S Liu, J Tang, F Ji, W Lin, S Chen - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nonspecific protein adsorption impedes the sustainability of materials in biologically related
applications. Such adsorption activates the immune system by quick identification of …

Kill–resist–renew trinity: Hyperbranched polymer with self-regenerating attack and defense for antifouling coatings

G Dai, X Ai, L Mei, C Ma, G Zhang - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Traditional antifouling coatings are generally based on a single antifouling mechanism,
which can hardly meet the needs of different occasions. Here, a single “kill–resist–renew …

Amphiphilic marine antifouling coatings based on a hydrophilic polyvinylpyrrolidone and hydrophobic fluorine–silicon-containing block copolymer

H Guo, P Chen, S Tian, Y Ma, Q Li, C Wen, J Yang… - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
The development of environmentally friendly and highly efficient antifouling coatings is
vastly desirable in the marine industry. Herein, we prepared a novel amphiphilic block …

Hydrophilic polymer-based anti-biofouling coatings: Preparation, mechanism, and durability

Z Huang, H Ghasemi - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Anti-biofouling materials that combat microorganism attachment have been intensively
studied due to the ever-growing demand on smart and durable coatings. Although various …

Silicone elastomer with self-generating zwitterions for antifouling coatings

P Hu, H Zeng, H Zhou, C Zhang, Q Xie, C Ma… - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
Silicone elastomer-based fouling release coatings have been gaining increased attention in
marine antibiofouling. However, the lack of fouling resistance limits their application …

Silane coupling agent in biomedical materials

Z Zhang, K Ren, J Ji - Biointerphases, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Medical devices are becoming more and more significant in our daily life. For implantable
medical devices, good biocompatibility is required for further use in vivo. Thus, surface …

Nature-inspired anti-fouling strategies for combating marine biofouling

A Ali, ET Kang, L Xu - Progress in Organic Coatings, 2024 - Elsevier
Marine biofouling is a major international challenge, which causes significant problems for
global ecologies and economies. It manifests as the extensive and costly colonization of …

Engineering of xylanases for the development of biotechnologically important characteristics

Y Sürmeli, G Şanlı‐Mohamed - Biotechnology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Xylanases are the main biocatalysts used for the reduction of the xylan backbone from
hemicellulose, randomly splitting off β‐1, 4‐glycosidic linkages between xylopyranosyl …