Antifoulant marine structures compositions and methods thereof
AssigneeThe Texas A&M University System
InventorsEmily Hunt, Paige Dodge, Trent Kelly, Benton Allen
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Abstract
The invention relates to antifoulant compositions comprising i) an antimicrobial composition and ii) one or more polymers as well as antifoulant compositions comprising i) an antimicrobial composition and ii) one or more composite materials. The invention includes the antifoulant compositions, methods for making the antifoulant compositions, and methods of reducing presence of a fouling organism on a surface of a composition utilizing the antifoulant compositions.
Claims20
An antifoulant composition comprising i) an antimicrobial composition and ii) one or more polymers,
- wherein at least a portion of the one or more polymers are extruded,
- wherein the one or more polymers comprise polyacrylic acid (PAA), poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polyamide, polylactic acid (PLA), polybenzimidazole (PBI), polycarbonate (PC), polyether sulfone (PES), polyoxymethylene (POM), polyether ether ketone (PEEK), polyetherimide (PEI), polyphenylene oxide (PPO), polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), or any combination thereof, and
- wherein the antimicrobial composition is a mixture wherein the mixture includes antimicrobial components consisting of silver, alumina, and zinc oxide.
An antifoulant composition comprising i) an antimicrobial composition and ii) one or more composite materials, wherein the antimicrobial composition is a mixture wherein the mixture includes antimicrobial components consisting of silver, alumina, and zinc oxide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.