At the Kiel University trade show booth, we will provide information about the progress made and different approaches taken in our research, in the field of environmentally-friendly antifouling coatings for the maritime sector and beyond. Polymer composites with different wetting properties will be available to see and handle, which have a wide range of potential applications - from marine paints, easy-to-clean surfaces in the medical field, to coatings in industrial food processing.

Barnacles and muscles stuck to the ship’s hull can be brushed off easily from the new coating. The paintwork is not damaged. 
Credit: Dr Martina Baum