New anti-biofouling carbon nanotubes-filled polydimethylsiloxane composites against colonization by pioneer eukaryotic microbes
Abstract(#br)Microbial biofilm formation on composite surfaces has posed potential threats to the composite's structural integrity, durability and physical properties. Pioneer eukaryotes have been reported to be primarily responsible for the degradation of a wide range of composite materials. In this study, different carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were incorporated in the polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) matrix respectively, in order to create CNTs-filled PDMS composites (PCs) with improved anti-biofouling properties.