title: Hybrid Hairy Janus Particles as Building Blocks for Antibiofouling Surfaces.
abstract: Herein, we report a new strategy for the design of antifouling surfaces by using hybrid hairy Janus particles. The amphiphilic Janus particles possess either a spherical or a plateletlike shape and have core-shell structures with an inorganic core and hydrophilic/hydrophobic polymeric shells. Subsequently, these bifunctional Janus particles enable the fabrication of surfaces with modularity in chemical composition and final surface topography, which possess antifouling properties. The antifouling and fouling-release capability of the composite Janus particle-based surfaces is investigated using the marine biofilm-forming bacteria Cobetia marina. The Janus particle-based coatings are robust and significantly reduce bacterial retention under both static and dynamic conditions independent of the particle geometry. The plateletlike (kaolinite-based) Janus particles represent a scalable system for the rational design of antifouling coatings as well as their large-scale production and application in the future.
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V. , Hohe Strasse 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany.|Technische Universität Dresden , Fakultät Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kirillova
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V. , Hohe Strasse 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany.|Technische Universität Dresden , Fakultät Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marschelke
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V. , Hohe Strasse 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany.|Technische Universität Dresden , Fakultät Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Friedrichs
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V. , Hohe Strasse 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany.|Technische Universität Dresden , Fakultät Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.affiliation: Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V. , Hohe Strasse 6, 01069 Dresden, Germany.|Technische Universität Dresden , Fakultät Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften, 01062 Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: Alla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Synytska
keywords: Cobetia marina; Janus particles; antifouling surfaces; hybrid Janus particles; marine biofouling