The imitation of natural systems to produce effective antifouling materials is often referred to as “biomimetics”. The world of biomimetics is a multidisciplinary one, needing careful understanding of “biological structures”, processes and principles of various organisms found in nature and based on this, designing nanodevices and nanomaterials that are of commercial interest to industry. Looking to the marine environment for bioinspired surfaces offers researchers a wealth of topographies to explore. Particular attention has been given to the evaluation of textures based on marine organisms tested in either the laboratory or the field. The findings of the review relate to the numbers of studies on textured surfaces demonstrating antifouling potential which are significant. However, many of these are only tested in the laboratory, where it is acknowledged a very different response to fouling is observed.
Science Foundation ireland (SFI) under grant number SFI/12/RC/2289 P2., European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and Innovation programme under grant agreement 815278 (Next Evolution in Materials and Models for Ocean Energy NEMMO project
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22 Jul 2020 11:31 by
Noel Edward O'connor
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