Abstract
We demonstrate enhanced anti-corrosion and anti-biofouling properties of graphene oxide-silica-polydimethylsiloxane (GSP) coating on carbon steel (CS). Electrochemical analyses of GSP-coated carbon steel exposed to Gram-positive Bacillus sp., Gram-negative Pseudomonas sp., and freshwater bacterial cultures for 72h showed a 3-5 orders of magnitude reduction in icorr values and high impedance values (107Ω) as compared with polished specimens. The corrosion protection efficiency of GSP-coated specimens was 99.9% against Bacillus sp. and freshwater culture and it was 89.6% against Pseudomonas sp. Evaluation of anti-biofouling property of GSP coating using microbiological and epifluorescence microscopic techniques showed three order reductions in total viable cells on GSP-coated specimens exposed to bacterial cultures. Confocal laser scanning microscopic analysis of biofilm architecture confirmed a significant reduction of biomass and biofilm thickness on GSP-coated CS demonstrating an excellent anti-biofouling activity of GSP.
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