Marine biofouling is a well-known massive problem: within the shortest time, ship hulls and
other man-made submerged surfaces are inevitably populated by various marine …

1. INTRODUCTION Any surface immersed in seawater is subjected to the settlement of
marine organisms (bacteria, algae, mollusks), known as fouling or biofouling. This unwanted …

The classification of silicones in the literature is as broad as their properties and
applications; in this work, we have restricted the discussion to polydimethylsiloxanes …

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 …

Because of the environmental and economic casualties of biofouling on maritime navigation,
modern studies have been devoted toward formulating advanced nanoscale composites in …

Marine biofouling is one of the most challenging problems today. Silicone polymer based
coatings with a low surface energy and elastic modulus can effectively inhibit or release …

Two novel superhydrophobic nanocomposite series of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)
enriched with reduced graphene oxide (RGO) and graphene oxide/boehmite nanorods (GO …

Antifouling (AF) nanocoatings made of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) are more cost-efficient
and eco-friendly substitutes for the already outlawed tributyltin-based coatings. Here, a …

A novel superhydrophobic series of silicone/β–MnO 2 nanorod composite was successfully
fabricated for marine fouling release (FR) coatings. We studied how the self-cleaning and …

The effects of ZnO nanorod (NR) filler distribution and the nano-structured surface on the
superhydrophobicity and fouling-release (FR) of silicone nanocoatings were investigated …