Surface modification of fibre and polymeric materials by discharge treatment and its application to textile processing

Abstract

The effect of discharge treatments such as low-temperanire plasma treatment, atmospheric lowtemperature plasma treatment and sputter-etching on the surface characteristics of different textile fibres and polymeric materials has been investigated. The plasma treatment causes mainly chemical modification and increases wetting and adhesion, whereas sputter-etching produces a number of protrusions on the surface and leads to increase in adhesion and decrease in light reflection, thereby increasing the depth of shade considerably.