Antifouling Surfaces and Materials From Land to Marine Environment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zhou, Feng (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Materials science.; Biotechnology.; Polymers.; Biomaterials.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Materials Science.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Polymer Sciences.

This book reviews the development of antifouling surfaces and materials for both land and marine environments, with an emphasis on marine antibiofouling. It explains the differences and intrinsic relationship between antifouling in land and marine environments, which are based on superhydrophobicity...

Table of Contents:

• Antifouling Self-Cleaning Surface
• Antifouling Surfaces of Self-assembled Thin Layer
• Anti-fouling Surfaces Based on Polymer Brushes
• Antifouling of Micro/nano Structural Surfaces
• Antifouling Based on Biocides: from Toxic to Green
• Development of Marine Antifouling Coatings
• Effect of Boundary Slippage on Foul Release.