Silicone foul-release (FR) coatings represent a non-toxic alternative to ablative marine coatings. However, the efficacy of silicones to broadly control biofouling is limited. Based on the limitation of silicone FR coatings, amphiphilic antifouling coating systems have emerged as a potentially effective alternative way to resist fouling by multiple organisms. In this work, silicones were modified with PEO-silane amphiphiles which act as highly efficient surface-modifying additives, enabling the rapid water-driven formation of a PEO-enriched surface highly resistant to biofouling. Temporal, water-driven surface hydrophilicity and the resulting control of marine biofouling are described.

Anti-fouling amphiphilicsilicones: Efficacy against marine biofouling

251st National Meeting (2016)

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