Antifouling compounds
AssigneeI-Tech AB
InventorsDan Isaksson, Markus Hoffmann
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Abstract
The present embodiments relate to an antifouling polymer comprising a plurality of repeating units. At least a portion of the plurality of repeating units comprises medetomidine, or an enantiomer, base or salt thereof, covalently bound to the repeating unit through a hydrolysable bond. The antifouling polymer can comprised in an antifouling composition applied as a surface coating on underwater or submersible structures to prevent or at least inhibit marine biofouling on surfaces of the structures.
Claims15
An antifouling polymer comprising a plurality of repeating units, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of repeating units comprises medetomidine, or an enantiomer, base or salt thereof, covalently bound to the repeating unit through a hydrolysable bond.
An antifouling polymer comprising a plurality of repeating units, wherein the polymer is a co-polymer, and the plurality of repeating units are repeating units derived from:
- (a) a first monomer, wherein the first monomer is a medetomidine-containing acrylate or a medetomidine-containing methacrylate;
- (b) a second monomer, wherein the second monomer is a silyl acrylate or a silyl methacrylate;
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- (c) a third monomer, wherein the third monomer is methyl methacrylate (MMA).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.