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）一期项目的更广泛的影响和商业潜力将是开发一种具有卓越耐久性和防污性能的涂料产品，以满足环保海洋涂料市场的需求。这种创新的解决方案需要更少的应用频率，并减少了船体和水体中静态物体的水下生长量。潜在的经济效益包括提高燃油效率和节省船舶和静态海洋结构的维护成本。同时，该产品通过减少货船的温室气体排放和避免现有海洋涂料造成的潜在物种入侵，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款不含杀菌剂的环保产品。它解决了当前和未来全球法规强调的需求，用环保解决方案取代现有的有害杀菌剂浸出涂料。这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目旨在开发一种新型船舶涂料产品并将其商业化，以提供目前市场上缺乏的高性能环保防污解决方案。目前的自抛光涂层产品受到越来越多的监管限制，而其他环保选择，如脱污涂层，防污性能较低。这种新型涂层技术有可能在海洋应用中实现耐用性和高防污性能，并且不会将杀菌剂浸出到水环境中。本项目的目的是探索涂料配方中的关键制造因素，并确定其对涂料稳定性和防污性能的影响。将获得关键知识，从而开发出具有长达一年的可靠性和顶级船舶防污功能的原型产品。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值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.