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Adding hydrolyzable microcapsules without toxin to paints is a very useful and safe method to get bionic anti-fouling coatings with a micro-nano surface structure. Based on this trend, a form of environment-friendly microcapsules were prepared through mini-emulsion polymerization. The target microcapsules had a poly(urea-formaldehyde) (PUF) shell and a mixed core of silicone oil and capsaicin. Additionally, the microcapsules were introduced into zinc acrylate resin to obtain bionic anti-fouling coatings with micro-nano morphology. The effects of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) molecular weight, stirring rate, and temperature on the morphology of the microcapsules were studied by optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). It was found that spherical nanoparticles with smooth surfaces were obtained, and the mean diameter was approximately 1.38 \u03bcm when the molecular weight of PVA was 77 K, the stirring rate was 600 rpm and the temperature was 55 \u00b0C. Fourier-transform infrared spectra (FTIR) results showed that the silicone oil and capsaicin were successfully encapsulated, the core materials of the microcapsules reached 72.37% and the yield of microcapsules was 68.91% by the Soxhlet method. Furthermore, the hydrophobicity, corrosion resistance and anti-fouling performance of the coatings were evaluated by the water contact angle, electrochemical and real-sea tests. The results indicated that the anti-fouling coatings had excellent hydrophobicity and anti-fouling performance due to the micro-nano convex structure and the release of core materials. Encouragingly, the anti-fouling coatings show excellent and long-term anti-fouling performance, which is expected to be widely applied in marine anti-fouling coatings.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma13071669","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,6]],"date-time":"2020-04-06T06:10:28Z","timestamp":1586153428000},"page":"1669","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":43,"title":["Preparation of Microcapsules Coating and the Study of Their Bionic Anti-Fouling Performance"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Yu","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Materials science and Engineering, Hainan University, No. 58, Renmin Avenue, Haikou 570228, China"},{"name":"Shanghai Investigation, Design &amp; Research Institute Co., Ltd., Shanghai 200434, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3493-5114","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Guoqing","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Materials science and Engineering, Hainan University, No. 58, Renmin Avenue, Haikou 570228, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zehui","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Materials science and Engineering, Hainan University, No. 58, Renmin Avenue, Haikou 570228, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Peiqing","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sichuan Sunvea New Materials Co., Ltd., Guangan 638500, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aimin","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, School of Materials science and Engineering, Hainan University, No. 58, Renmin Avenue, Haikou 570228, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"87","DOI":"10.1016\/j.porgcoat.2013.08.006","article-title":"Jatropha curcas oil based alkyd\/epoxy resin\/expanded graphite (EG) reinforced bio-composite: Evaluation of the thermal, mechanical and flame retardancy properties","volume":"77","author":"Gogoi","year":"2014","journal-title":"Prog. 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