Journal
MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS AND ENGINEERING
Volume 292, Issue 7, Pages 817-824Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/mame.200700023
Keywords
chain; cold plasma; polysiloxane softeners; shrink-resistance; surface treatment; wool
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Low temperature plasma (LTP) improves the shrink-resistance of wool fabrics but impairs their softness, so different polysiloxane coatings were applied. Modifications in surface hydrophilicity and topography of fabrics and fibres have been recorded through drop test, contact angle and SEM, respectively. UP improves the deposition of the polysiloxanes which, depending on their functionalities alter the original hydrophilicity of the wool surface. Softness and shrink-resist results of the fabrics point out to a possible relationship between hydrophilicity of the wool fibre surface and the shrinkage behaviour of the fabrics. A possible mechanism of interaction between the different polysiloxane groups and the surface of untreated (UT) and LTP-treated wool is proposed.
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