Development of non- or minimally toxic marine coating with black Titania

The proposed project will benefit the participating institutions by establishing a new international partnership focused on developing sustainable, non-toxic coatings to combat marine biofouling, an issue with significant economic and environmental implications for industries like shipping and aquaculture. By combining expertise in photoactive materials and microbial-material interface analysis, the collaboration will enhance research capacity at both institutions. The intern’s experience in material synthesis will support the host team’s efforts, while the training received abroad will allow the home institution to expand into new research areas related to environmental biofilms, fostering long-term knowledge exchange and innovation.

Faculty Supervisor:

Ken Oakes;Xu Zhang

Student:

Partner:

Xi'an Jiaotong University

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education

University:

Cape Breton University

Program: