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Andrew Want, Audrey Goubard, Solène Jonveaux, Donald Leaver and Michael C. Bell
Marine habitats are being targeted for the extraction of offshore renewable energy (ORE) as part of the drive to decarbonise electricity generation. Unmanaged biofouling impacts ORE devices and infrastructure by elevating drag forces, increasing weight, ...
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Duoxun Fang, Adham Al-akhali, Molin Cao, Jiahao Liu and Zhengqiang Tang
Preparing underwater superoleophobic surface is an effective method to solve the problems of oil adhesion on the underwater surfaces and oil spill in water. However, the underwater superoleophobic surfaces at present are not reliable in practical applica...
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Divyansh Tripathi, Prauteeto Ray, Ajay Vikram Singh, Vimal Kishore and Swarn Lata Singh
Slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces (SLIPS) have emerged as a unique approach to creating surfaces that can resist fouling when placed in contact with aqueous media, organic fluids, or biological organisms. These surfaces are composed of essentially ...
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Christopher M. Collins and Md. Safiuddin
A universal infrastructural issue is wetting of surfaces; millions of dollars are invested annually for rehabilitation and maintenance of infrastructures including roadways and buildings to fix the damages caused by moisture and frost. The biomimicry of ...
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Aníbal Maury-Ramírez, Inês Flores-Colen and Hideyuki Kanematsu
Based on five Special Issues in Coatings, this e-book contains a series of fifteen articles demonstrating actual perspectives and new trends in advanced coatings in buildings. Innovative materials and multiperformance solutions provide a basis, contribut...
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Juliana Vitoria Nicolau dos Santos, Roberto Martins, Mayana Karoline Fontes, Bruno Galvão de Campos, Mariana Bruni Marques do Prado e Silva, Frederico Maia, Denis Moledo de Souza Abessa and Fernando Cesar Perina
The present study can foster nanoecotoxicology research on tropical environments and can be also applied on the maritime industry.
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Adam Kowalski
There are well-known specifics of ro-pax ferry shipping, such as the time factor as a consequence of keeping a regular timetable and the priority given to minimizing heeling, pitching, and rolling caused by maximum focus on passenger comfort and ro-ro ca...
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Troy A. Byrnes and Ryan J. K. Dunn
Boating and shipping operations, their associated activities and supporting infrastructure present a potential for environmental impacts. Such impacts include physical changes to bottom substrate and habitats from sources such as anchoring and mooring an...
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Isabel Jiménez-Pardo, Leendert G. J. Van der Ven, Rolf A. T. M. Van Benthem, Gijsbertus De With and A. Catarina C. Esteves
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Minh Dat Nguyen, Jung Won Bang, Young Hee Kim, An Su Bin, Kyu Hong Hwang, Vuong-Hung Pham and Woo-Teck Kwon
Boilers are systems used mainly to generate steam in industries and waste-to-energy facilities. During operation, heat transfer loss occurs because a fouling layer with low thermal conductivity is deposited on the external surfaces of the boiler tube sys...
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