Radiation Effects in Textile Materials

Irradiation processes have several commercial applications, in the coating of metals, plastics, and glass, in printing, wood finishing, film and plastic cross-linking, and in the fields of adhesive and electrical insulations. The advantages of this technology are well known

Plasma-Enhanced Vapor Deposition Process for the Modification of Textile Materials

Nowadays many techniques are used for the surface modification of fabrics and textiles. Two fundamental techniques based on vacuum deposition are known as chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and physical vapor deposition (PVD). In this chapter, the effect of plasma-enhanced physical and chemical vapor deposition on textile surfaces is investigated and explained

Effect of Hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDSO)/Nitrogen Plasma Polymerisation on the Anti Felting and Dyeability of Wool Fabric

This work is focused on the characterisation of the physical and surface properties of plasma coated wool fabric. A thin film was deposited on wool fabric samples by means of the plasma polymerisation of hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDSO) and differences between such plasma-treated and untreated fabrics were evaluated. The films deposited were characterised by means of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Also the surface morphology of samples was studied using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). Hydrophobic properties of the samples were tested using the water drop test. The results show that by plasma polymerisation, hydrophobic properties of the wool surface change to super hydrophobic. The main aim of the HMDSO/N2 plasma polymerisation of wool fabrics is to improve anti felting properties and dyeing behaviour

Ultraviolet Protection Properties of Metal Salts Treated Cotton Fabrics

The aim of this study was to study the influence of metal salt treatment on UV protection property of cotton fabrics. CuCl2, SbCl3, TiO2, Co3O4, SnO2, Ni(NO3)2和AgNO3 were used as metallic salts. Mentioned metallic salts were treated on cotton fabric, and the Ultraviolet Protection Factors (UPF) was examined. The morphology of fibers loaded with different metal salts was assessed by SEM. The treated cotton fabrics were then characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and the crystallinity and crystals size for all samples were studied. Metal salt loaded fabrics showed better UV protection properties compared to untreated cotton fabrics. The results confirmed that metal salts have potential applications for producing ultra violet protective cotton fabric

The Influence of Dyeing on the Adsorption of Silver and Copper Particles as Antibacterial Agents on to Cotton Fabrics

In this paper, the effect of dyeing on the adsorption of silver and copper particles on cotton fabrics was investigated. Vat, direct, and reactive dyes are among the major class of dyes used for cotton fabrics dyeing. In this study, in the first phase, the dyeing of cotton fabrics with direct blue 151, reactive blue 187, and vat blue 6 was performed and in the second phase, the dyed fabrics were immersed and exhausted into a silver and copper solution. The silver and copper solutions were prepared via silver nitrate and copper sulfate salts. The scanning Electron Microscope was applied for morphological study and the elemental analysis was studied by the energy dispersive X-ray. The reflection factor of dyed samples before and after immersion in silver and copper solutions was monitored by using reflectance spectrophotometer analyses. By dyeing cotton with mentioned dyes and usual methods, adsorption of metal on the cotton samples increases. The obtained data show that vat-dyed samples can absorb more silver and copper particles in compare with other dyes. This study may offer an easy way to absorb more amounts of metallic salts as antibacterial agents