Adhesion of acorn barnacles on surface-active borate glasses.

ABSTRACT: Concerns about the bioaccumulation of toxic antifouling compounds have necessitated the search for alternative strategies to combat marine biofouling. Because many biologically essential minerals have deleterious effects on organisms at high concentration, one approach to preventing the settlement of marine foulers is increasing the local concentration of ions that are naturally present in seawater. Here, we used surface-active borate glasses as a platform to directly deliver ions (Na⁺, Mg²⁺ and BO₄^3-) to the adhesive interface under acorn barnacles (Amphibalanus (=Balanus) amphitrite). Additionally, surface-active glasses formed reaction layers at the glass-water interface, presenting another challenge to fouling organisms. Proteomics analysis s

SUBMITTER: Fears KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6745471 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature