Self-repairing silicone coatings for marine anti-biofouling

Liu, C; Ma, CF; Xie, QY; Zhang, GZ

Ma, CF; Zhang, GZ (reprint author), South China Univ Technol, Fac Mat Sci & Engn, Guangzhou 510640, Guangdong, Peoples R China.

JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 2017; 5 (30): 15855

Abstract

Marine biofouling is one of the most challenging problems today. Silicone polymer based coatings with a low surface energy and elasticmodulus can effe......

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