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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 382, Issue -, Pages 202-216Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.03.223
Keywords
Hydrogels Brushes; Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP); Antifouling
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21407125]
- Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China [2014-K7-007]
- Key Laboratory for Ecological-Environment Materials of Jiangsu Province [EML201202]
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Technology in Environmental Protection of Jiangsu Province [AE201069]
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Crosslinked hydrogel brushes were grafted from stainless steel (SS) surfaces for marine antifouling. The brushes were prepared by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP) of 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC) and poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate (PEGMA) respectively with different fractions of crosslinker in the feed. The grafted layers prepared with different thickness were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), atomic force microscopy (AFM), ellipsometry and water contact angle measurements. With the increase in the fraction of crosslinker in the feed, the thickness of the grafted layer increased and the surface became smooth. All the brush-coated SS surfaces could effectively reduce the adhesion of bacteria and microalgae and settlement of barnacle cyprids, as compared to the pristine SS surface. The antifouling efficacy of the PEGMA polymer (PPEGMA)-grafted surface was higher than that of the MPC polymer (PMPC)-grafted surfaces. Furthermore, the crosslinked hydrogel brush-grafted surfaces exhibited better fouling resistance than the non-crosslinked polymer brush-grafted surfaces, and the antifouling efficacy increased with the crosslinking density. These hydrogel coatings of low toxicity and excellent anti-adhesive characteristics suggested their useful applications as environmentally friendly antifouling coatings. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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