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Surface Thiolation Of Silicon For Antifouling Application, Xiaoning Zhang, Pei Gao, Valerie Hollimon, Dashan Brodus, Arion Johnson, Hongmei Hu
Surface Thiolation Of Silicon For Antifouling Application, Xiaoning Zhang, Pei Gao, Valerie Hollimon, Dashan Brodus, Arion Johnson, Hongmei Hu
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Thiol groups grafted silicon surface was prepared as previously described. 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecanethiol (PFDT) molecules were then immobilized on such a surface through disulfide bonds formation. To investigate the contribution of PFDT coating to antifouling, the adhesion behaviors of Botryococcus braunii (B. braunii) and Escherichia coli (E. coli) were studied through biofouling assays in the laboratory. The representative microscope images suggest reduced B. braunii and E. coli accumulation densities on PFDT integrated silicon substrate. However, the antifouling performance of PFDT integrated silicon substrate decreased over time. By incubating the aged substrate in 10 mM TCEP·HCl solution for 1 h, the fouled PFDT …