2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Antifouling activities of self-assembled micro-structured surfaces against barnacles
| Project/Area Number |
25870059
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Naval and maritime engineering
Aquatic life science
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| Research Institution | Asahikawa Medical College (2014-2015)
Tohoku University (2013) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 海洋工学 / 高分子構造・物性 / 自己組織化 / 付着生物 / 防汚技術 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study, we prepared the honeycomb-structured and pillared-structured surfaces, and then we investigated antifouling properties of these surfaces against. In the results, honeycomb-structured surfaces reduced the barnacles settlements compared to flat and pillared surfaces. To investigate the antifouling mechanism of honeycomb-structured surfaces, we analyzed cypris exploring behavior on microstructured surfaces with image analyzing software. From the results of exploring behaviors, few exploring behaviors were found on the honeycomb surface. The result indicates that barnacle cypris larva hard to explore on the honeycomb and consequently the honeycomb shows antifouling activities.
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| Free Research Field |
高分子材料
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