TY - JOUR T1 - Development of alginate hydrogels active against adhesion of microalgae A1 - Nassif,L. Abi A1 - Rioual,S. A1 - Trepos,Rozenn A1 - Fauchon,M. A1 - Farah,W. A1 - Hellio,C. A1 - Abboud,M. A1 - Lescop,B. AD - Univ Bretagne Occidentale, Lab STICC, CNRS, UMR 6285, 6 Av Le Gorgeu, F-29285 Brest, France. AD - Univ St Joseph, Fac Sci, UEGP, Beirut, Lebanon. AD - Univ Bretagne Occidentale, LEMAR, BIODIMAR, UMR 6539, 6 Av Le Gorgeu, F-29285 Brest, France. UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2018.12.106 DO - 10.1016/j.matlet.2018.12.106 KW - Biofilm KW - Adhesion KW - Alginate KW - Zinc KW - Biomaterials KW - Microalgae N2 - Microorganisms have the ability to settle on nearly all man-made surfaces in contact with seawater and subsequently to form biofilm. Biofilms control and removal is necessary in the sectors of maritime transport, energy... In this work, we present the development of new pure calcium, zinc or copper alginate, but also mixed Ca/Cu and Ca/Zn alginate hydrogels. These materials have been evaluated for their potential inhibition of adhesion of two key biofilm-forming microalgae Halamphora coffeaeformis and Cylindrotheca closterium). All the tested materials have presented high adhesion inhibition about 80%). Copper-base materials present a high toxicity against H. coffeaeformis. Pure zinc alginate is also toxic for this strain. However, the addition of calcium in zinc alginate leads to the toxicity reduction. The toxicity of these materials differs according to the strains. Consequently, mixed zinc/calcium alginate are efficient at inhibiting microalgal adhesion with a low level of cells toxicity. These alginate hydrogels are promising materials because they are efficient, cheap, easy to develop and eco-friendly. Y1 - 2019/03 PB - Elsevier Science Bv JF - Materials Letters SN - 0167-577X VL - 239 SP - 180 EP - 183 ID - 71671 ER -