Research Progress of Nanomaterials in the Prevention of Biological Fouling on Ships

Abstract

Marine fouling is one of the causes of Marine corrosion, which causes material corrosion to sailing vessels and a variety of Marine structures, but also has a great increase on the daily maintenance cost and energy consumption. In this paper, the formation process, mechanism and harm of biological fouling are briefly introduced, and then the application research progress of nanomaterials in preventing Marine biological fouling of ships in recent years is comprehensively discussed. We found that the research mainly focused on the application of nano-oxide materials in Marine biological fouling prevention, and adding anti-fouling agents of nano or modified nanomaterials in the preparation of materials to enhance the properties of materials, which could provide support for further exploration of nanomaterials in biological fouling.