Development of Eco-Friendly Hydrophobic and Fouling-Release Coatings for Blue-Growth Environmental Applications: Synthesis, Mechanical Characterization and Biological Activity.

ABSTRACT: The need to ensure adequate antifouling protection of the hull in the naval sector led to the development of real painting cycles, which involve the spreading of three layers of polymeric material on the hull surface exposed to the marine environment, specifically defined as primer, tie coat and final topcoat. It is already well known that coatings based on suitable silanes provide an efficient and non-toxic approach for the hydrophobic and antifouling/fouling release treatment of surfaces. In the present work, functional hydrophobic hybrid silica-based coatings (topcoats) were developed by using sol-gel technology and deposited on surfaces with the "doctor blade" method. In particular, those organic silanes, featuring opportune functional groups such as long (either fluorinated) alkyl cha

SUBMITTER: Sfameni S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9498436 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature