Laser technologies textiles surfaces

Abstract The use of two environmentally friendly technologies, the plasma and laser approaches, in treating the surface of textiles is discussed in this chapter. The surface of fibrous materials can be functionalized and structured on the nano- and micro-scales, and the results of the treatment of natural and synthetic fibres such as wool, cotton, polypropylene, polyester and polyamide which have been treated by different plasmas and lasers are detailed and are found to be similar to morphological modification of a textile surface using the ripple/roll-structure technique. 

Explanations of the laser technology and its application in textiles have been carried out by means of fundamental characteristics and textile-surface treatment. 

Surface modification/treatment of textile materials by chemical finishing processes is not environmentally friendly, as a result of which an alternative technology, laser irradiation has been widely adopted. By using laser irradiation, the textile materials can be structurally modified and their surface can be functionalized and textured. Here, two different examples of textile materials are presented and discussed in terms of laser treatment cotton,... 

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