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 …

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 …

Non-toxic evolution: Advances in multifunctional antifouling coatings

X Zang, Y Ni, Q Wang, Y Cheng, J Huang, X Cao… - Materials Today, 2024 - Elsevier
Antifouling coatings play a crucial role in preventing the adhesion of marine organisms,
bacteria, and blood, making them a primary strategy for combating biofouling in the marine …

Non-toxic, non-biocide-release antifouling coatings based on molecular structure design for marine applications

AG Nurioglu, ACC Esteves - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Marine biofouling generally refers to the undesirable accumulation of biological organisms
on surfaces in contact with seawater. This natural phenomenon represents a major …

Developments and challenges in self‐healing antifouling materials

Z Wang, L Scheres, H **-related environmental impacts and example management measures: A review
TA Byrnes, RJK Dunn - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020 - mdpi.com
Boating and ship** operations, their associated activities and supporting infrastructure
present a potential for environmental impacts. Such impacts include physical changes to …

Antifouling strategies based on super-phobic polymer materials

Z He, X Lan, Q Hu, H Li, L Li, J Mao - Progress in Organic Coatings, 2021 - Elsevier
Antifouling polymer materials have been extensively explored because of their unique
fouling resistance and wide application potentials in antifouling fields. The materials have …

Occurrence, effects and environmental risk of antifouling biocides (EU PT21): are marine ecosystems threatened?

BG de Campos, J Figueiredo, F Perina… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This review presents a comprehensive compilation of toxicological and environmental data,
further used to assess the ecological risk (ERA) of the 11 EU approved antifouling biocides …