Issue 21, 2009
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Soft Matter

Approaches in designing non-toxic polymer surfaces to deter marine biofouling

Claudia M. Grozeaa  and  Gilbert C. Walker*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto M5S 3H6, Canada
E-mail: gwalker@chem.utoronto.ca

Abstract

In the past years, research into surfaces that inhibit marine biofouling has focused on designing environmentally friendly materials due to current bans on toxic coatings. This Review focuses on recent progress in the development and fabrication of surfaces that have antifouling and/or foul release properties by looking at selected examples of materials. In addition, we also review the antifouling and/or fouling release properties of these surfaces based on using marine organisms. A summary comparison of materials performance against algal spore settlement is reported: the efficacy of surface amphiphilicity and nanoscale phase segregation is noteworthy.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B910899H
Article type
Review Article
Submitted
03 Jun 2009
Accepted
24 Jul 2009
First published
19 Aug 2009

Soft Matter, 2009,5, 4088-4100

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