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Polymer 52 (2011) 3738e3744 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Polymer journal homepage: www.else /locate/polymer Coatings with a self-generating hydrogel surface for antifouling Laiyong Xie a, b, *, Fei Hong a, b, Chuanxin He a, b, Chunfeng Ma a, Jianhong Liu b, Guangzhao Zhang a, Chi Wu a, c a The Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China b School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, China c Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: We prepared a coating by mixing a polyfunctional axiridine cross-linking agent and a self-polishing resin Received 10 March 2011 pre-synthesized via the polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA), acrylic acid (AA) and tributylsilyl Received in revised form methacrylate (TBSM). The coating can be easily applied on a surface to form a cross-linked polymer film 12 June 2011 by conventional brushing or spraying method. After immersing it into seawater, the film self-generates Accepted 19 June 2011 a thin soft and dynamic layer of hydrogel at the water-contacting surface because of the hydrolysis of Available online 25 June 2011 TBSM. Such a hydrogel-formation process continues after gra