Special Issue "Green Antifouling"

Guest Editor
Dr. Claire Hellio
University of Portsmouth, School of Biological Sciences, King Henry Building, Portsmouth PO1 2DY, UK
Website: http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/academic/biology/staff/title,89685,en.html
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Interests: new non-toxic antifouling solutions; new biocides; marine natural products; ethnobotany

The Guest Editor's Foreword

Fouling refers to the accumulation and deposition of living organisms (biofouling) and certain non-living material on hard surfaces, most often in an aquatic environment. The International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships will prohibit the use of harmful organotins in anti-fouling paints used on ships and will establish a mechanism to prevent the potential future use of other harmful substances in anti-fouling systems. We would like to run this special issue to promote the research and development of new anti-fouling agents and methods.

Submission

All papers should be submitted to ijms@mdpi.org. To be published continuously until the deadline and papers will be listed together at the special issue website.

Submitted papers should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are refereed through a peer-review process. A guide for authors is available on the Instructions for Authors page. The International Journal of Molecular Sciences is an international peer-reviewed monthly journal published by Molecular Diversity Preservation International.

Open Access publication fees are 800 CHF per paper. English correction fees and/or formatting fees (250 CHF) will be added in certain cases (1050 CHF per paper for those papers that require extensive additional formatting and/or English corrections).

Some Leading Papers and Reviews

• Chambers, L.D.; Stokes, K.R.; Walsh, F.C.; Wood, R.J.K. Modern approaches to marine antifouling coatings. Surf. Coat. Technol. 2006, 201, 3642-3652.
• Dobretsov, S.; Dahms, H.U.; Qian, P.Y. Inhibition of biofouling by marine microorganisms and their metabolites. Biofouling 2006, 22, 43-54.
• Clare, A.S. Towards nontoxic antifouling. J. Marine Biotech. 1998, 6, 3-6.
• Yebra, D.M.; Kiil, S.; Dam-Johansen, K. Antifouling technology - past, present and future steps towards efficient and environmentally friendly antifouling coatings. Prog. Org. Coat. 2004, 50, 75-104.

• antifouling agents (antiscaling agents)
• marine antifouling
• fouling
• inhibition
• attachment
• adhesion
• natural products and the extracts