Functional polymer brushes via surface-initiated atom transfer radical graft polymerization for combating marine biofouling

Wettability and Antifouling Behavior on the Surfaces of Superhydrophilic Polymer Brushes

(2012) Motoyasu Kobayashi et al.   LANGMUIR

Combating Bacterial Colonization on Metals via Polymer Coatings: Relevance to Marine and Medical Applications

(2011) K. G. Neoh et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Polysulfobetaine films prepared by electrografting technique for reduction of biofouling on electroconductive surfaces

(2011) Marek Stach et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

Effects of surface charge and Gibbs surface energy on the settlement behaviour of barnacle cyprids (Balanus amphitrite)

(2011) Luigi Petrone et al.   BIOFOULING

Effects of Side Group Functionality and Molecular Weight on the Activity of Synthetic Antimicrobial Polypeptides

(2011) Amanda C. Engler et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Inhibition of escherichia coli and proteus mirabilis adhesion and biofilm formation on medical grade silicone surface

(2011) Rong Wang et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Carboxybetaine, sulfobetaine, and cationic block copolymer coatings: A comparison of the surface properties and antibiofouling behavior

(2011) Lin Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

Nanostructure Protein Repellant Amphiphilic Copolymer Coatings with Optimized Surface Energy by Inductively Excited Low Pressure Plasma

(2011) Sudhir Bhatt et al.   LANGMUIR

Biomimetic Anchors for Antifouling and Antibacterial Polymer Brushes on Stainless Steel

(2011) Wen Jing Yang et al.   LANGMUIR

Functional poly(vinylidene fluoride) copolymer membranes via surface-initiated thiol–ene click reactions

(2011) Tao Cai et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Trends in the development of environmentally friendly fouling-resistant marine coatings

(2011) James A. Callow et al.   Nature Communications

Antifouling Coatings: Recent Developments in the Design of Surfaces That Prevent Fouling by Proteins, Bacteria, and Marine Organisms

(2010) Indrani Banerjee et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Barnacle settlement and the adhesion of protein and diatom microfouling to xerogel films with varying surface energy and water wettability

(2010) John A. Finlay et al.   BIOFOULING

Non-toxic antifouling strategies

(2010) Chelsea M. Magin et al.   Materials Today

Fluorocarbon Coatings Via Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition of 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecyl Acrylate - 2, Morphology, Wettability and Antifouling Characterization

(2010) Virendra Kumar et al.   Plasma Processes and Polymers

Charge-driven and reversible assembly of ultra-dense polymer brushes: formation and antifouling properties of a zipper brush

(2010) Wiebe M. de Vos et al.   Soft Matter

Ultralow-Fouling, Functionalizable, and Hydrolyzable Zwitterionic Materials and Their Derivatives for Biological Applications

(2009) Shaoyi Jiang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Synthesis and morphological study on the nanocomposite hydrophilic coatings

(2009) Amir Ershad-Langroudi et al.   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE

Protein adsorption and cell adhesion on cationic, neutral, and anionic 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine copolymer surfaces

(2009) Yan Xu et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Using polyelectrolyte coatings to improve fouling resistance of a positively charged nanofiltration membrane

(2009) Chaoyi Ba et al.   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE

Polysulfobetaine-Grafted Surfaces as Environmentally Benign Ultralow Fouling Marine Coatings

(2009) Zheng Zhang et al.   LANGMUIR

Antibacterial Inorganic−Organic Hybrid Coatings on Stainless Steel via Consecutive Surface-Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization for Biocorrosion Prevention

(2009) S. J. Yuan et al.   LANGMUIR

Hemocompatible Mixed-Charge Copolymer Brushes of Pseudozwitterionic Surfaces Resistant to Nonspecific Plasma Protein Fouling

(2009) Yung Chang et al.   LANGMUIR

Barnacle repellent nanostructured surfaces formed by the self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymers

(2009) Beng H. Tan et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Bioactive surfaces and biomaterials via atom transfer radical polymerization

(2009) F.J. Xu et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Approaches in designing non-toxic polymer surfaces to deter marine biofouling

(2009) Claudia M. Grozea et al.   Soft Matter

The adhesive strategies of cyprids and development of barnacle-resistant marine coatings

(2008) Nick Aldred et al.   BIOFOULING

Marine biofouling field tests, settlement assay and footprint micromorphology of cyprid larvae of Balanus amphitrite on model surfaces

(2008) In Yee Phang et al.   BIOFOULING

Editor's Note

(2008) L. V. Evans   BIOFOULING

Staphylococcus epidermidis adhesion to He, He/O2 plasma treated PET films and aged materials: Contributions of surface free energy and shear rate

(2008) M. Katsikogianni et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES

Advances in polymers for anti-biofouling surfaces

(2008) Sitaraman Krishnan et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Nonleaching Antibacterial Glass Surfaces via “Grafting Onto”: The Effect of the Number of Quaternary Ammonium Groups on Biocidal Activity

(2008) Jinyu Huang et al.   LANGMUIR

Film Thickness Dependence of Protein Adsorption from Blood Serum and Plasma onto Poly(sulfobetaine)-Grafted Surfaces

(2008) Wei Yang et al.   LANGMUIR

Molecular Simulation Studies of Protein Interactions with Zwitterionic Phosphorylcholine Self-Assembled Monolayers in the Presence of Water

(2008) Yi He et al.   LANGMUIR

Underwater Adhesive of Marine Organisms as the Vital Link Between Biological Science and Material Science

(2008) Kei Kamino   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY