Advances in Nanotechnology for Marine Antifouling

1st Edition - April 11, 2023

Editors: Ram Gupta, Ashok Kumar Nadda, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Swati Sharma, Muhammad Bilal

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Advances in Nanotechnology for Marine Antifouling surveys the latest research in the application of nanotechnology for biofouling inhibition. The book gathers in-depth information… Read more

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Advances in Nanotechnology for Marine Antifouling surveys the latest research in the application of nanotechnology for biofouling inhibition. The book gathers in-depth information on the various micro and nano-techniques, nanocoatings, polymeric composites paints, methods of application and prevention mechanisms. This is a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students across anti-biofouling, nanotechnology, nanomaterials, polymer nanocomposites, coatings, maritime technology, chemistry, chemical engineering, environmental science, and materials science and engineering. This is also essential reading for industrial scientists, engineers, R&D, and other professionals with an interest in the use of nanotechnology for antifouling, particularly in the maritime sector.

Nanotechnologies have been recognized as a powerful tool in antifouling strategies with nanocoatings with efficient properties enabling increased durability and performance in the prevention of biofouling and corrosion while replacing potentially more harmful chemicals.

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Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Chapter 1. Biofouling: current status and challenges
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Microbiology and biofouling
1.3. Classification of biofouling
1.4. Steps of biofouling
1.5. Factors affecting biofouling
1.6. Industries and biofouling
1.7. Need of the hour
1.8. Conclusions
Chapter 2. Bioinspired antifouling coatings with topographies
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Bioinspired antifouling coatings with topographies
2.3. Conclusion
Chapter 3. Bionic marine antifouling coating
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Biofouling
3.3. Bionic antifouling strategy
3.4. Bionic fouling release strategy
3.5. Other bionic strategies
3.6. Summary and outlook
Chapter 4. Zwitterionic antifouling coating
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Chemical structure
4.3. Preparation of zwitterionic antifouling coatings
Chapter 5. Beyond the marine antifouling activity: the environmental fate of commercial biocides and other antifouling agents under development
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Physicochemical properties
5.3. Environmental fate properties
5.4. Leaching and release rate
5.5. Persistence
5.6. Ecotoxicity assessment
5.7. Conclusion
Chapter 6. Ceramic polymer nanocomposites as eco-friendly marine antifouling coatings
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Marine fouling organisms
6.3. Costs of marine biofouling
6.4. Antifouling coating methods
6.5. Nonstick fouling-release coating approach
6.6. Biomimetic antifouling methods
6.7. Advanced fouling-release and self-cleaning nanocomposite coatings
6.8. Conclusions
Chapter 7. Biodiversity of deep ocean on development of biofilms: Biofouling communities and corrosion performance of materials
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Variations in temperature, pressure, and oxygen with depth and their influence on biodiversity
7.3. Ocean microbiome and metagenomics of deep-sea planktonic and biofilm communities
7.4. Hydrothermal vent ecosystem
7.5. Cold seep/knoll and continental slope ecosystem
7.6. Seamount ecosystems
7.7. Corrosion performance of metals and alloys in deep-sea environment
7.8. Conclusions
Chapter 8. Biofouling in the petroleum industry
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Field development and petroleum infrastructure
8.3. Biofilm formation
8.4. Macrobiofoulers
8.5. Oil reservoirs and microorganisms
8.6. Midstream and downstream
8.7. Conventional biofouling treatment process
8.8. Conclusion
Chapter 9. Polymer/graphene-derived nanocomposites as advanced marine antifouling coatings
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Developing of maritime fouling
9.3. Graphene and graphene-based materials
9.4. Synthesis of graphene materials
9.5. Graphene-derived nanocomposites
9.6. Graphene materials are used to create superhydrophobic surfaces
9.7. Polymer–graphene materials and their interactions
9.8. Graphene-based nanocomposites for fouling-release coatings
9.9. Conclusions and outlooks
Chapter 10. Nanoparticles as an exotic antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral agents
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Metal-based nanomaterials
10.3. Metal oxide–based nanomaterials
10.4. Carbon-based nanomaterials
10.5. Conclusion
Chapter 11. Nanomaterial-based smart coatings for antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral activities
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Strategies for antimicrobial surfaces
11.3. Nanomaterials in antimicrobial and antiviral smart coating
11.4. Application of nanomaterial-based antimicrobial and antiviral smart coatings
11.5. Challenges and future perspectives
11.6. Conclusion
Chapter 12. Polymeric antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral coatings
12.1. Introduction
12.2. Antimicrobial polymer coatings
12.3. Antimicrobial biopolymer coatings
12.4. Protein-based antimicrobial surfaces
12.5. Metal-based coating as antimicrobial disinfectant
12.6. Mode of action in antimicrobial polymer coatings
12.7. Applications
12.8. Challenges
12.9. Safety concerns and risk mitigation
12.10. Conclusion and future outlook
Chapter 13. Antifouling mechanisms in and beyond nature: leverages in realization of bioinspired biomimetic antifouling coatings
13.1. Introduction
13.2. Biofouling in the marine environment
13.3. Wettability concepts
13.4. Developments in polymeric antifouling coatings
13.5. Natural superhydrophobic surfaces and mechanisms of bioinspired wettability
13.6. Effect of topographies and textures and biomimetic approaches investigated
13.7. Self-cleaning surfaces
13.8. Development of bioinspired slippery liquid-infused surfaces
13.9. Fabrication of bioinspired biomimetic superhydrophobic surfaces
13.10. Conclusions
Chapter 14. Marine ecotoxicity and hazard of smart antifouling nanomaterials
14.1. Contextualization
14.2. Biofouling and its impacts
14.3. Antifouling methods and technologies
14.4. Marine ecotoxicity and hazards assessment of smart antifouling nanoadditives
14.5. Main conclusions and future perspectives
Index

Ram Gupta

Dr. Ram Gupta is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Pittsburg State University. He is the Director of Research at the National Institute for Materials Advancement (NIMA). Dr. Gupta has been recently named by Stanford University as being among the top 2% of research scientists worldwide. Before joining Pittsburg State University, he worked as an Assistant Research Professor at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO then as a Senior Research Scientist at North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC. Dr. Gupta’s research spans a range of subjects critical to current and future societal needs including: semiconducting materials & devices, biopolymers, flame-retardant polymers, green energy production & storage using nanostructured materials & conducting polymers, electrocatalysts, optoelectronics & photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic heterojunctions for sensors, nanomagnetism, biocompatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold & antibacterial applications, and bio-degradable metallic implants.

Affiliations and expertise

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS, USA

Ashok Kumar Nadda

Dr. Ashok Kumar Nadda is Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, at Jaypee University of Information Technology, India. His research interests are microbial biotechnology, biocatalysis, biopolymers, enzyme immobilization, bioenergy, and CO2 conversion.

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor, Jaypee University of Information Technology

Tuan Anh Nguyen

Dr Tuan Anh Nguyen is a Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. He received his BSc in Physics from Hanoi University in 1992 and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Paris Diderot University (France) in 2003. He was a Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University (South Korea, 2004) and University of Wollongong (Australia, 2005). He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Research Scientist at the Montana State University (USA, 2006-2009). His research interests include smart coatings, conducting polymers, corrosion and protection of metals/concrete, antibacterial materials, and advanced nanomaterials.

Affiliations and expertise

Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Vietnam

Swati Sharma

Dr. Swati Sharma (MSc, Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni Solan H.P. India; PhD. University Malaysia, Pahang, Malaysia) is Assistant Professor at University Institute of Biotechnology, the Chandigarh University Mohali, India. She worked as a visiting researcher in the College of Life and Environmental Sciences at Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea. She has also worked as a program co-coordinator at the Himalayan Action Research Center (HARC), Dehradun, and Senior Research Fellow at the India Agricultural Research Institute in 2013-2014. Presently, Dr. Sharma's research is in the field of bioplastics, hydrogels, keratin nano-fibers and nano-particles, biodegradable polymers and polymers with antioxidant and anticancer activities and sponges. Dr. Swati has published numerous books and papers in various internationally reputed journals.

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor, Chandigarh University

Muhammad Bilal

Dr Bilal obtained his Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University with a specialization in Bioengineering and Applied Biotechnology. He has published more than 700 scientific contributions in the form of Research, Reviews, Book Chapters and Editorial type scientific articles in various areas of Science & Engineering. He is Associate Editor of the Bioengineered (Taylor & Francis), Frontiers in Microbiology and Frontiers in Chemical Engineering (Frontiers). He is also works as Guest editor, and editorial board member for various journals. He has edited several special issues and books and serves as a scientific reviewer in numerous peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Bilal has a collaborative network with national and international institutes/universities across the globe.

Affiliations and expertise

Associate Professor, Department of Sanitary Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland