Software based marine biofouling resistance rating

The evaluation standards for the performance of fouling control coatings are based on manual inspections, which unavoidably induce some degree of subjectivity. Scientists have now peoposed a standardised biofouling recognition mode. Biofouling on ship hulls can cause increased fuel consumption and the global spread of nonindigenous species. The shipping industry utilises fouling control coatings (FCC)…

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Highly-transparent fluorinated epoxy coating

Researchers have prepared a novel omniphobic epoxy coating prepared via ring-opening of thiolactone and thiol-click reactions. Transparent omniphobic coatings have attracted extensive research over the past decade to meet growing application demands. Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-based anti-fouling coatings have been widely reported to contribute a liquid-like surface for liquid repellency. The bulky PDMS chains usually make the…

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