Antifouling Coatings Generated from Unsymmetrical Partially Fluorinated Spiroalkanedithiols.

ABSTRACT: Biofouling negatively impacts modern society on a daily basis, especially with regard to the important industries of medicine, oil, and shipping. This manuscript describes the preparation and study of model antifouling coatings generated from the adsorption of unsymmetrical partially fluorinated spiroalkanedithiols on gold. The antifouling properties of the self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) derived from the spiroalkanedithiols were compared to SAMs derived from analogous monodentate partially fluorinated and nonfluorinated alkanethiols. The antifouling properties were evaluated using in situ surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy (SPR), ex situ electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) measurements, and ex situ ellipsometric thickness measurements. The resistanc

SUBMITTER: St Hill LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8812961 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature