International. Incorporating a natural product extracted directly into a coat of paint has received little attention before, but a study by researchers at the National Centre for Advanced Tribology in Southampton (NCATS), University of Southampton, UK, has investigated a combination of the antifouling compound (a natural product extract) and the delivery system (control depletion polymer).
It was necessary to investigate the incorporation of natural products in a coating and, finally, evaluate the antifouling system including the primer layers in the natural marine environment.
Natural products must first be practiced as anti-fouling to be developed in a functional system of their incorporation between surfaces or coatings. To demonstrate this, the natural product under investigation was homogenized in a blank proprietary antifouling paint system folder, applied to primed and unprimed ship steel and immersed in marine environments.
The full study was published at the following link address: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0300944013002932
