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Long-term stability of PEG-based antifouling surfaces in seawater

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Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) is a hydrophilic polymer that has been extensively used in the biomedical and marine environment due to its antifouling properties. In the biomedical field, PEG has been successfully used to functionalize surfaces due to its resistance to cell and nonspecific protein adsorption. However, the long-term stability of PEG has limited its use in some areas. In the shipping industry, there is a great need for long-term solutions to keep the hulls of the ships fouling-free. The long-term stability of PEG in polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) fouling-release coatings is studied here, in both accelerated laboratory tests and real seawater conditions. This article shows how PEG-based copolymers, which have been exposed in fouling-release coatings to real-life seawater conditions, are isolated and compared to those exposed to accelerated laboratory testing with successful results. The influence of the chemistry of the PEG compounds, the chosen laboratory degrading agents, and the possible degradation pathways and products are discussed.

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The help of the colleagues in DTU-Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department and Hempel A/S, as well as the help from DTU-Nanotech and DTU-Chemistry and the financial support of the Danish Ministry for Science and Technology, is gratefully acknowledged.

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    Albert Camós Noguer, Søren Hvilsted & Søren Kiil

  2. Department of Fouling Release Systems, Hempel A/S, Lundtoftegårdsvej 91, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

    Stefan Møller Olsen

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This paper was presented at the 11th Coatings Science International Conference (COSI) on June 22–26, 2015 in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.

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Camós Noguer, A., Olsen, S.M., Hvilsted, S. et al. Long-term stability of PEG-based antifouling surfaces in seawater. J Coat Technol Res 13, 567–575 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11998-016-9801-9

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