Self-assembled water-borne fluoropolymer coatings for marine fouling resistance

Authors
Brady, RF Bonafede, SJ Schmidt, DL
Citation
Rf. Brady et al., Self-assembled water-borne fluoropolymer coatings for marine fouling resistance, JOCCA-SURF, 82(12), 1999, pp. 582-585
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Chemical Engineering
Journal title
JOCCA-SURFACE COATINGS INTERNATIONAL
ISSN journal
13560751 → ACNP
Volume
82
Issue
12
Year of publication
1999
Pages
582 - 585
Database
ISI
SICI code
1356-0751(199912)82:12<582:SWFCFM>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Fluoropolymer coatings were prepared by crosslinking a polymeric perfluoroa lkyl surfactant with a poly[(2-isopropenyl-2-(oxozoline)]. Marine organisms adhered to these coatings with significantly less strength then to PTFE an d other fluoropolymer films. This performance is attributed to a surface of close-packed and oriented trifluoromethyl-terminated groups which resists diffusion and rearrangement leading potentially to infiltration of marine a dhesives.