{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Sun Y"],"funding":["Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province","Taizhou Special Support Plan for High-level Talents (Young Talents)","National Natural Science Foundation of China","Taizhou Science and Technology Plan Project","Key Research and Development Project of Hainan Province"],"pagination":["203"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11942406"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(3)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Polyzwitterion (PZW) hydrogel has excellent marine anti-biofouling performance, but it is difficult to effectively work for a long time in natural seawater due to its weak mechanical strength. In this study, a new natural rubber (NR)-PZW composite hydrogel has been reported for long-term anti-biofouling by simply dispersing NR latex into the poly(sulfobetaine methacrylate) (PSBMA) hydrogel network. First of all, owing to the PZW hydrogel network having an anti-polyelectrolyte effect, this NR-PZW hydrogel can provide outstanding anti-biofouling performance, including broad-spectrum anti-bacteria, anti-algae, and anti-protein properties in marine environments. Furthermore, it has a composited natural rubber nanoparticle with a hydrophilic negatively charged outer protein membrane, which can "],"journal":["Gels (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pubmed_title":["A Robust Natural Rubber-Polyzwitterion Composite Hydrogel for Highly Enhanced Marine Anti-Biofouling."],"pmcid":["PMC11942406"],"funding_grant_id":["ZDYF2024GXJS019","2023NMS01","No. 23gya18","No. LY23E03000","No. 52463014"],"pubmed_authors":["Liu Z","Ma C","Wei Q","Feng X","Wong TW","Mao H","Chen Y","John D","Yan Y","Sun Y"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A Robust Natural Rubber-Polyzwitterion Composite Hydrogel for Highly Enhanced Marine Anti-Biofouling.","description":"Polyzwitterion (PZW) hydrogel has excellent marine anti-biofouling performance, but it is difficult to effectively work for a long time in natural seawater due to its weak mechanical strength. In this study, a new natural rubber (NR)-PZW composite hydrogel has been reported for long-term anti-biofouling by simply dispersing NR latex into the poly(sulfobetaine methacrylate) (PSBMA) hydrogel network. First of all, owing to the PZW hydrogel network having an anti-polyelectrolyte effect, this NR-PZW hydrogel can provide outstanding anti-biofouling performance, including broad-spectrum anti-bacteria, anti-algae, and anti-protein properties in marine environments. Furthermore, it has a composited natural rubber nanoparticle with a hydrophilic negatively charged outer protein membrane, which can ","dates":{"release":"2025-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2025 Mar","modification":"2025-07-05T03:04:36.195Z","creation":"2025-07-05T03:04:36.195Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11942406","cross_references":{"pubmed":["40136907"],"doi":["10.3390/gels11030203"]}}