The feasibility of polyaniline-TiO2 coatings for photocathodic antifouling: antibacterial effect

By Wen, Bo; Waterhouse, Geoffrey I. N.; Jia, Meng-Yang; Jiang, Xiao-hui; Zhang, Zhi-Ming; Yu, Liang-min
Published in Synthetic Metals 2019

Abstract

This study explores the feasibility of polyaniline-TiO2 coatings for photocathodic antifouling: antibacterial effect. PANI-TiO2 composites were prepared by chemical polymerization of polyaniline (PANI) in the presence of anatase TiO2, followed by dispersion of the resulting PANI-TiO2 composite in an acrylic resin for coating applications. The incorporation of PANI resulted in sensitization of the TiO2 to visible light, resulting in efficient electron and hole transfer between the PANI and TiO2 components. Under UV

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