Novel surface treatments for high performance textiles

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. [Pg.70]

Key words plasma, laser, fibre, fabric, textile, surface, treatment, structure. [Pg.70]

The chemical and physical characteristics of plasmas and lasers make them an environmentally attractive option for surface treatment in the textile industry. Since the 1970s, lasers have been used for such textile applications as cutting and printing and, since the mid-1980s, plasmas have started to be used in the industry to oxidize fibre surfaces for improved dyeing. [Pg.70]

This chapter wUl be presented in two sections plasma technologies for textile applications (Section 2.2) and laser technologies for textiles (Section 2.4). [Pg.70]

Explanations of the plasma technology and its application in textiles have been carried out by means of fundamental characteristics, types, generation and textile-surface treatment. [Pg.70]

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