Engineers at Duke University have developed a polymer that keeps ships’ bottoms clean by twitching like living skin. The paint-like material combats hull fouling by preventing marine organisms from collecting on hulls by physically moving on the microscopic level and thus dislodging bacteria from the surface without toxic chemicals... Continue Reading Researchers develop coating that shakes fouling material off ship hulls
Section: On the Water
Tags: Bacteria, Coatings, Duke University, Polymer, Ships
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