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Advances in Nanotechnology for Marine Antifouling

  • 1st Edition - April 11, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Ram K. Gupta, Ashok Kumar Nadda, Swati Sharma, Muhammad Bilal, Tuan Anh Nguyen
  • Language: English

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

Description

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.

Key features

  • Examines the fundamentals of biofouling, conventional techniques, modeling and simulation, and biofouling based on natural materials
  • Provides detailed techniques for antifouling mechanisms and materials with a range of specific properties or applications
  • Addresses key environmental challenges, including risks of novel nanomaterials and coatings, development of eco-friendly nanocoatings, regulations and future scope

Readership

Researchers and advanced students in nanotechnology, nanomaterials, anti-biofouling, polymer nanocomposites, coatings, maritime technology, chemistry, chemical engineering, environmental science, and materials science and engineering, Scientists, engineers, R&D, and other professionals with an interest in the use of nanotechnology in the marine sector

Table of contents

PART 1: BIOFOULING: FUNDAMENTALS

1. Biofouling: Current status and challenges

2. Traditional antifouling technologies: Effects on aquatic life

3. Biofouling in the petroleum industry

4. Biofouling in maritime technology

5. Strategies for developing new biofouling based on natural products

6. Mathematical modeling/simulation of biofouling growth

PART 2: ANTIFOULING TECHNIQUES AND NANOMATERIALS

7. Nanoscale techniques for the modification of the marine vessel

8. Methods for design and formulations of underwater materials

9. Marine organism and metabolites as antifouling agents

10. Antifouling nanomaterials and composites

11. Photochemical nanomaterials in antifouling

12. Interfacial phenomena for improved anti-biofouling

13. Bioinspired antifouling techniques and coatings

14. Antifouling ceramic coating

15. Zwitterionic antifouling coating

16. Electrochemical sensors in antifouling

PART 3: ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES AND IMPLICATIONS

17. Hazard of novel antifouling nanomaterials

18. Biocide-based coatings and marine life

19. Self-healing and eco-friendly nano-coating for antifouling

20. Marine vessels and underwater structure management

21. Safety, regulations and economic impact of nanotechnology in maritime industries

22. Future scope and perspectives for nanotechnology in marine antifouling

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: April 11, 2023
  • Language: English

About the editors

RG

Ram K. Gupta

Ram Gupta is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Pittsburg State University, Kansas, United States. His research focus is in green energy production and storage using nanomaterials, optoelectronics and photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic heterojunctions for sensors, nanomagnetism, conducting polymers and composites as well as bio-based polymers, bio-compatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold and antibacterial applications, and bio-degradable metallic implants.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas, USA

AN

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, India

SS

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, India

MB

Muhammad Bilal

Muhammad Bilal is working as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. Previously, he served as an assistant/associate Professor at Poznan University of Technology, Poland, and the School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, China. He earned his Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, specializing in bioengineering and applied biotechnology. His main research activities are oriented to Environmental biotechnology, nanotechnology, enzyme engineering, immobilization, chemical modifications, and industrial applications of microbial enzymes, liquid, and solid waste management. He has authored over 700 peer-reviewed articles, 150 book chapters, 25 edited books. Dr. Bilal is the associate editor of Frontiers in Chemical Engineering and Frontiers in Environmental Science (Frontiers), and an editorial board member for several journals. He was listed as a highly cited researcher (Clarivate) in 2021 and holds several "highly cited papers" in WOS.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Sanitary Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland

TN

Tuan Anh Nguyen

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 a BS in physics from Hanoi University in 1992, a BS in economics from Hanoi National Economics University in 1997, and a PhD in chemistry from the Paris Diderot University, France, in 2003. He was a Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University, South Korea, in 2004, and the University of Wollongong, Australia, in 2005. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Research Scientist at Montana State University, United States in 2006-09. In 2012 he was appointed as the Head of the Microanalysis Department at the Institute for Tropical Technology. His research areas of interest include smart sensors, smart networks, smart hospitals, smart cities, complexiverse, and digital twins. He has edited more than 74 books for Elsevier, 12 books for CRC Press, 1 book for Springer, 1 book for RSC, and 2 books for IGI Global. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Principal Research Scientist, Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam

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