STTR Phase I: Next Generation Of Environmental-Friendly Marine Coating With Superior Durability And Antifouling Performance

这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力将是在目标环境友好型海洋涂料市场开发具有优异耐久性和防污性能的涂料产品。这种创新的解决方案不需要经常使用，并减少了船体上的水下生长量和水体中的静态物体。潜在的经济效益包括提高燃料效率和节省船舶和静态海洋结构物的维护成本。同时，该产品减少了货船的温室气体排放，避免了当前船用涂料可能造成的物种入侵，从而提供了巨大的环境效益。特别值得一提的是，该产品是同类产品中第一个非杀生环保产品。这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目旨在开发一种新的海洋涂料产品并将其商业化，以提供市场上目前所缺乏的高性能生态友好型防污解决方案。目前的自抛光涂料产品受到越来越多的监管限制，而替代的环保选择，如防污涂料，防污性能较低。这种新的涂层技术有可能实现目标海洋应用的耐用性和高防污性能，以及环保特性，而不会将生物杀菌剂浸入水环境中。本项目的目的是探索涂料配方中的关键制造因素，并确定它们对涂料稳定性和防污性能的影响。将获得的关键知识将使原型产品的开发显示出长达一年的可靠性和顶级的海洋防污功能。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will be the development of a coating product with superior durability and antifouling performance in the targeted environmental-friendly marine coating market. This innovative solution requires a less frequent application and reduces the amount of subaquatic growth on the hull of ships and static objects in bodies of water. Potential economic benefits include improving fuel efficiency and saving the maintenance cost of ships and static marine structures. At the same time, this product provides enormous environmental benefits by reducing the greenhouse gas emission from cargo ships and avoiding the potential species invasion caused by current marine coatings. In particular, this product is the first non-biocide environmentally friendly product of its kind. It addresses the current and future needs highlighted by global regulations to replace the existing harmful biocide-leaching coatings with an eco-friendly solution.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project aims to develop and commercialize a novel marine coating product to deliver a high-performing eco-friendly antifouling solution that is currently lacking in the marketplace. Current self-polishing coating products were subject to increasing regulatory restriction, while alternative environmental-friendly option such as fouling-release coating suffered low antifouling performance. This novel coating technology potentially achieves the durability and high antifouling performance for targeted marine applications, and the eco-friendly feature without leaching biocide into the aqueous environment. The objective of this project is to explore the key fabrication factors in coating formulation and identify their impacts on the coating stability and antifouling performance. Critical knowledge will be obtained enables the development of prototype product showing year-long reliability and top marine antifouling function.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.