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 …

Safety assessment of graphene-based materials: focus on human health and the environment

B Fadeel, C Bussy, S Merino, E Vázquez, E Flahaut… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Graphene and its derivatives are heralded as “miracle” materials with manifold applications
in different sectors of society from electronics to energy storage to medicine. The increasing …

Property–activity relationship of black phosphorus at the nano–bio interface: from molecules to organisms

G Qu, T Xia, W Zhou, X Zhang, H Zhang, L Hu… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
As a novel member of the two-dimensional nanomaterial family, mono-or few-layer black
phosphorus (BP) with direct bandgap and high charge carrier mobility is promising in many …

Graphene in the aquatic environment: adsorption, dispersion, toxicity and transformation

J Zhao, Z Wang, JC White, B Xing - Environmental science & …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Graphene-family nanomaterials (GFNs) including pristine graphene, reduced graphene
oxide (rGO) and graphene oxide (GO) offer great application potential, leading to the …

Graphene: a multipurpose material for protective coatings

MJ Nine, MA Cole, DNH Tran, D Losic - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Graphene based materials have attracted great interest in the development of new and
advanced protective coatings due to their excellent chemical resistance, impermeability to …

An overview of graphene materials: Properties, applications and toxicity on aquatic environments

L De Marchi, C Pretti, B Gabriel, PAAP Marques… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Due to unique chemical and physical properties, nanomaterials from the Graphene family
are being increasingly introduced in all fields of science. The specific roles they can occupy …

Nanocoating is a new way for biofouling prevention

S Kumar, F Ye, S Dobretsov, J Dutta - Frontiers in Nanotechnology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Biofouling is a major concern to the maritime industry. Biofouling increases fuel
consumption, accelerates corrosion, clogs membranes and pipes, and reduces the …

Review on molecular mechanisms of antifouling compounds: an update since 2012

L Chen, PY Qian - Marine drugs, 2017 - mdpi.com
Better understanding of the mechanisms of antifouling compounds is recognized to be of
high value in establishing sensitive biomarkers, allowing the targeted optimization of …

Carbon nanotubes effects in the stagnation point flow towards a nonlinear stretching sheet with variable thickness

T Hayat, Z Hussain, A Alsaedi, S Asghar - Advanced Powder Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
The aim of present communication is to investigate the stagnation point flow of viscous
nanofluid towards a nonlinear stretching surface with variable thickness. Analysis for both …

High surface adsorption properties of carbon-based nanomaterials are responsible for mortality, swimming inhibition, and biochemical responses in Artemia salina …

T Mesarič, C Gambardella, T Milivojević, M Faimali… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2015 - Elsevier
We investigated the effects of three different carbon-based nanomaterials on brine shrimp
(Artemia salina) larvae. The larvae were exposed to different concentrations of carbon black …