Ultrasonic-Assisted Marine Antifouling Strategy on Gel-like Epoxy Primer

• Published in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 29; no. 19; p. 4735
• Main Authors: Tang, Zhen, Zu, Pengjiao, Chen, Baiyi, Zhang, Xianhui, Lan, Jianfeng, Zhang, Jiaxun, Zhang, Hao, Wang, Baoxin, Ma, Li, Wu, Jianhua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 07-10-2024; MDPI
• Subjects: Acoustics; adhesion behavior; Bacteria; Biofilms; Bubbles; Cavitation; Efficiency; Energy consumption; Energy storage; Epoxy resins; gel-like marine epoxy primer; marine biofouling; Microorganisms; Particle size; Pseudoalteromonas; Ultrasonic imaging; ultrasonic treatment; China; Germany; marine biofouling; gel-like marine epoxy primer; ultrasonic treatment; adhesion behavior; Pseudoalteromonas
• ISSN: 1420-3049; 1420-3049
• DOI: 10.3390/molecules29194735

Ultrasonic technology has drawn extensive interests for its great potential in marine antifouling applications. However, its effects on the adhesion behavior of marine fouling organisms on marine structures remain underexplored. This work investigated how ultrasonic treatment impacted the adhesion of
on a gel-like marine epoxy primer. And the process parameters for ultrasonic treatment were optimized using response surface analysis with Design-Expert software 11. The results revealed that ultrasonic treatment disrupted the cellular structure of
, causing the deformation and fragmentation of the cell membrane, leading to bacterial death. Additionally, ultrasonic treatment reduced the particle size and Zeta potential value of
, which disrupted the stability of bacterial suspensions. It also increased the relative surface hydrophobicity of
cells, resulting in a reduction in adhesion to the gel-like marine epoxy primer. This study demonstrated that ultrasonic treatment significantly disturbed the adhesion behavior of microorganisms like
on the gel-like marine epoxy primer, which provided an effective approach for controlling marine biofouling.