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Although the majority of anti-fouling coatings sold today are based on toxic antifouling paints, we are looking to the future and the thrust of the research in the AMBIO project is towards non-toxic, environmentally benign fouling control. In order to develop new non-toxic strategies, we need to adopt a multidisciplinary approach through collaborations between biologists, chemists and materials scientists. This will be the case for AMBIO but a further distinguishing feature of the project is that we aim to take full advantage of new capabilities of manipulating molecules to develop 'smart' surfaces with antifouling properties. Nanostructuring of a surface coating controls properties such as surface energy, charge, conductivity, porosity, roughness, wettability, friction, physical and chemical reactivity, and compatibility with biological organisms.
Author: AMBIO
Year: 2005
Document Source: http://www.ambio.bham.ac.uk/
Avalability: Website
Interaction: Antifoulant
Confidence: Unknown
Quantified: Full document not available
Interaction significance: Toxic antifoulants have potential to have a significant impact
Purpose of research: EU funded research project to investigate suitable non-toxic methods of antifouling
Context: Not described
Mitigation/Best practice: Alternative methods of antifoulant to metal based paints. Nanostructured surfaces.
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