Antibiofouling and Antisoiling Coatings (C02)

• Subject Area: Microsystems
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 459819582

We will investigate how sensor nodes, such as soil probes and leaf sensors, being in direct contact to the environment can be designed to be long-living and stable by preventing fouling processes, such as the accumulation of dirt or bacterial growth. This requires tailored surface structures and antifouling coatings, whose specification strongly depends on sensor location. In soil, they are exposed to long wet phases, while in air they are exposed to large temperature and humidity variations, or simply to the accumulation of dirt.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1537: ECOSENSE – Multiscale quantification of spatio-temporal dynamics of ecosys-tem processes by smart autonomous sensor networks
• Applicant Institution: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
• Project Heads: Dr.-Ing. Laura Maria Comella; Dr. Oswald Prucker; Professor Dr. Jürgen Rühe; Professorin Dr.-Ing. Ulrike Wallrabe; Professor Dr.-Ing. Peter Woias