title: Amphiphilic Polymer Platforms: Surface Engineering of Films for Marine Antibiofouling.
abstract: A range of amphiphilic polymers with diverse macromolecular architectures has been developed and incorporated into films and coatings with potential for marine antibiofouling applications, without resorting to addition of currently used biocidal, toxic agents. Novel "green" chemical technologies employ different building blocks to endow the polymer film with surface activity, functionality, structure, and reconstruction according to the outer environment as a result of a tailored amphiphilic character of the polymer platform. We emphasise how these features can interplay and add synergistically to affect antifouling and fouling-release against common, widespread marine micro- and macro-fouling organisms.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale and UdR Pisa INSTM, Università di Pisa, 56124, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Galli
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale and UdR Pisa INSTM, Università di Pisa, 56124, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martinelli
mesh_terms: D057219:Biofouling; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D008956:Models, Chemical; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011108:Polymers; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols
keywords: amphiphilic polymer; coating; film; marine antifouling; surface property