A Waterborne & Environmentally Benign Antifouling Paint

海洋生物污染的问题非常严重， 重要的，一个广泛的努力， 都是为了寻找 这将防止这种污染。 的 海洋生物多样性和适应性 生物体同时令人印象深刻， 压抑了 令人清醒的是， 海洋生物会附着在 并定殖在氟化聚合物表面， 例如特氟龙，尽管不如 到其他材料， 据观察，Martesia的攻击是惰性的， 一种聚合物，如聚乙烯。 这项研究计划涉及一个水 聚合物配方， 大大提高了技术水平， 无毒油漆。 小说 组合物不含有毒成分或 挥发性有机化合物（VOC）。 的 所提出的技术也是有吸引力的， 它只涉及对环境无害的 组件，将易于应用，并将 成本低。

The problem of marine biofouling is very important, and one to which extensive efforts have been expended in order to find materials that will prevent such fouling. The diversity and adaptability of marine organisms is simultaneously impressive and depressing. It is sobering to consider the facts that marine organisms will attach to and colonize fluorinated polymer surfaces, such as Teflon, albeit not as tenaciously as to other materials, and that the pholad Martesia has been observed to attack as inert a polymer as polyethylene. This research program involves a waterborne polymeric formulation which promises to significantly advance the state of the art of non-toxic antifouling paints. The novel composition contains no toxic ingredients or volatile organic compounds (VOC). The proposed technology is also attractive since it involves only environmentally benign components, will be easy to apply, and will be of low cost.