Enzymatic antimicrobial and antifouling coatings and polymeric materials

A method for promoting removal of a biomolecule composition from a surface comprising:

• providing a curable polymeric coating comprising a binder, a surfactant, a non-aqueous organic diluent for the binder, and a cross-linking binder;
• dispersing an amylase or functional equivalent thereof having amylase activity within said curable polymeric coating;
• curing said curable polymeric coating such that said amylase or functional equivalent thereof having amylase activity is capable of enzymatically cleaving a component of said biomolecule composition when contacting said curable polymeric coating;
• and
• contacting said curable polymeric coating with said biomolecule composition.

A composition for removing chemicals from a solid surface comprising:

• a digestive enzyme capable of enzymatically altering a chemical,
• a surface treatment applied to the solid surface, and
• a linker moiety bound to an outer surface of said surface treatment and an moiety of said digestive enzyme, said linker moiety between said enzyme and said surface treatment and covalently linking said enzyme to a surface of said surface treatment,
• said digestive enzyme forming a layer on a surface of said surface treatment such that the digestive enzyme is surface exposed for reaction with a chemical.