Development of Low Fouling and High Fouling-release Zwitterionic Marine Coatings
Abstract
The objective of this work is to develop environmentally benign marine coatings with low initial fouling attachment and high fouling-release under low ship speeds by combining the advantages of both non-fouling zwitterionic materials and fouling-release PDMS materials. This work is designed in such a way that these coatings will meet four criteria for practical applications: low cost, high efficiency, scalability for large-scale production and environmental friendliness. There are three specific tasks: to (a) synthesize a larger scale of zwitterionic-based polymers; (b) optimize coating formulations; (c) evaluate these coatings in field tests.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Aug 12, 2016
- Source ID
- N000141512273
Entities
People
- Xuewei Xu
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy