Our research strives to understand and construct polymer surfaces with no inherent power to interact with other materials, especially with the biological polymers used by marine organisms to bind themselves to objects in the sea. During the past 15 years we have synthesized polymers, formulated them into coatings, and measured their resistance to marine fouling in both static and dynamic testing. The polymer surface property which has been most frequently correlated with bioadhesion is critical surface tension (gamma(c)); in fact, a generalized relationship between gamma(c) and marine fouling has been known for more than twenty years. However, this behavior is also influenced by other bulk and surface properties of the polymer. This paper presents several alternative interpretations of the relationship between gamma(c) and bioadhesion, and uses these insights to develop requirements for polymers which refuse or resist strong bonds to other materials.


    Zugriff

    Zugriff über TIB

    Verfügbarkeit in meiner Bibliothek prüfen

    Bestellung bei Subito €


    Exportieren, teilen und zitieren



    Titel :

    Properties which influence marine fouling resistance in polymers containing silicon and fluorine


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Die Foulingbeständigkeit von Polymeren mit Silicium und Fluor in Meerwasser beeinflussende Eigenschaften


    Beteiligte:


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1999


    Format / Umfang :

    5 Seiten, 3 Bilder, 3 Tabellen, 17 Quellen




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




    Use of piezoelectric polymers to prevent marine fouling

    Latour, M. / Guelorget, O. | Tema Archiv | 1979


    Monitoring Marine Microbial Fouling

    Colwell, R. | NTRS | 1985


    The Effect of Low Earth Orbit Exposure on Some Experimental Fluorine and Silicon-Containing Polymers

    Connell, J. W. / Young, P. R. / Kalil, C. G. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1994


    Marine Fouling Control - The Future

    Clough, G. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1994


    HYDROSOUND MARINE ANTI-FOULING SYSTEM

    TASKER TREVOR / KNOX DEREK | Europäisches Patentamt | 2018

    Freier Zugriff