A variety of functional polymer brushes and coatings have been developed for combating
marine biofouling and biocorrosion with much less environmental impact than traditional …

Barnacles are notorious marine fouling organisms, whose life cycle initiates with the
planktonic larva, followed by the free-swimming cyprid that voluntarily explores, and …

Mussels are opportunistic macrofouling organisms that can attach to most immersed solid
surfaces, leading to serious economic and ecological consequences for the maritime and …

Marine biofouling is a longstanding problem because of the constant challenges placed by
various fouling species and increasingly restricted environmental regulations for antifouling …

The effect of incorporation of silicone oils into a siloxane-polyurethane fouling-release
coatings system was explored. Incorporation of phenylmethyl silicone oil has been shown to …

Amphiphilic coatings have shown promising performance for marine applications to deter
and limit biofouling. Hydrophobic marine coatings are unable to deter marine organisms that …

When synthetic materials are submerged in marine environments, dissolved matter and
marine organisms attach to their surfaces by a process known as marine fouling. This …

We report on a molecular fabrication approach to precisely control surface ζ potentials of
polymeric thin layers constructed by electrostatic layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly methods …

Biofouling, the attachment and growth of organisms on submerged, man-made surfaces, has
plagued ship operators for at least 2500 years. Accumulation of biofouling, including …

Layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly is a versatile platform for applying coatings and studying the
properties of promising compounds for antifouling applications. Here, alginate-based LbL …