Journal
BIOFOULING
Volume 19, Issue 6, Pages 381-390Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/08927010310001623296
Keywords
PDMS elastomeric coatings; silicone fluid additives; fouling-release; ASTM D-5618; adhesion strength; Balanus eburneus
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Barnacle adhesion strength was used to screen seventy-seven polydimethylsiloxane elastomeric coatings for fouling-release properties. The test coatings were designed to investigate the effect on barnacle adhesion strength of silicone fluid additive type, additive location, additive molecular weight, additive loading level, mixtures of additives, coating matrix type and coating fillers. The type of silicone fluid additive was the primary controlling factor in barnacle fouling-release. The type of silicone matrix in which the fluid resided was found to alter the effect on fouling-release. Two PDMS fluids, DMSC15 and DBE224, significantly reduced the adhesion strength of barnacles compared to unmodified elastomers. Optimum fouling-release performance was dependent on the interaction of fluid type and elastomeric matrix.
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