Hydrophobic DES Based on Menthol and Natural Organic Acids for Use in Antifouling Marine Coatings.

ABSTRACT: Marine biofouling negatively impacts industries with off-shore infrastructures, such as naval, oil, and aquaculture. To date, there are no ideal sustainable, economic, and environmentally benign solutions to deal with this phenomenon. The advances achieved in green solvents, as well as its application in different industries, such as pharmaceutical and biotechnology, have promoted the emergence of deep eutectic systems (DES). These eutectic systems have applications in various fields and can be revolutionary in the marine-based industrial sector. In this study, the main objective was to investigate the potential use of hydrophobic DES (HDES) based on menthol and natural organic acids for their use as marine antifouling coatings. Our strategy encompassed the physicochemical characterization

SUBMITTER: Valente S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10337252 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature