Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2012.719895
Title: Functional polymer brushes via surface-initiated atom transfer radical graft polymerization for combating marine biofouling
Authors: Yang, W.J.
Neoh, K.-G. 
Kang, E.-T. 
Lee, S.S.C. 
Teo, S.L.-M. 
Rittschof, D.
Keywords: antifouling
macrofouling
microfouling
polymer brushes
SI-ATRP and barnacles
Issue Date: Sep-2012
Citation: Yang, W.J., Neoh, K.-G., Kang, E.-T., Lee, S.S.C., Teo, S.L.-M., Rittschof, D. (2012-09). Functional polymer brushes via surface-initiated atom transfer radical graft polymerization for combating marine biofouling. Biofouling 28 (9) : 895-912. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2012.719895
Abstract: Dense and uniform polymer brush coatings were developed to combat marine biofouling. Nonionic hydrophilic, nonionic hydrophobic, cationic, anionic and zwitterionic polymer brush coatings were synthesized via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP) of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, 2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorostyrene, 2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl trimethylammonium chloride, 4-styrenesulfonic acid sodium and N,N′-dimethyl-(methylmethacryloyl ethyl) ammonium propanesulfonate, respectively. The functionalized surfaces had different efficacies in preventing adsorption of bovine serum albumin (BSA), adhesion of the Gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas sp. NCIMB 2021 and the Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus, and settlement of cyprids of the barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite (=Balanus amphitrite). The nonionic hydrophilic, anionic and zwitterionic polymer brushes resisted BSA adsorption during a 2 h exposure period. The nonionic hydrophilic, cationic and zwitterionic brushes exhibited resistance to bacterial fouling (24 h exposure) and cyprid settlement (24 and 48 h incubation). The hydrophobic brushes moderately reduced protein adsorption, and bacteria and cyprid settlement. The anionic brushes were least effective in preventing attachment of bacteria and barnacle cyprids. Thus, the best approach to combat biofouling involves a combination of nonionic hydrophilic and zwitterionic polymer brush coatings on material surfaces. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
Source Title: Biofouling
URI: http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/63957
ISSN: 08927014
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2012.719895
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