Nanopatterned Polymer Coatings for Marine Antifouling Applications

Marine biofouling is the accumulation of marine species on surfaces submerged in seawater leading to unwanted problems for man-made surfaces such as hulls of ships and aquaculture nets. Historically, the amount of biofouling was regulated using metal based coatings whose usage have been disused lat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grozea, Claudia Madalina
Other Authors: Walker, Gilbert C.
Language:en_ca
Published: 2012
Subjects:
AFM
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/34022