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Diagnostics and mechanistic studies in plasma treatment of polyester textiles

M. KOSTOPOULOU1, E. AMANATIDES1, D. MATARAS1,*

Affiliation

  1. Plasma Technology Laboratory, Dept. Chem. Engineering, University of Patras P.O.Box 1407, 26500 Patras, Greece

Abstract

The effect of low pressure He/O2 plasma treatment on the desizing of polyester textiles was studied. Namely, the effect of the total gas pressure and of the fraction of O2 in the gas mixture with He on the surface hydrophilicity of sized polyester textiles was investigated by implementing plasma diagnostics as electrical measurements and optical emission spectroscopy. Plasma treatment was found to be effective in desizing and to significantly improve the surface hydrophilicity especially when it is done at low pressures and with oxygen fractions exceeding 60%..

Keywords

Plasma treatment, Polyester, Textiles, Hydrophilicity.

Submitted at: March 1, 2008
Accepted at: July 10, 2008

Citation

M. KOSTOPOULOU, E. AMANATIDES, D. MATARAS, Diagnostics and mechanistic studies in plasma treatment of polyester textiles, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 10, Iss. 8, pp. 2043-2046 (2008)