Study on novel eco-friendly anti-creasing agents for natural silk fabric

Three novel eco-friendly anti-creasing agents have been designed and synthesized. The natural silk fabrics treated with them exhibit higher wrinkle recovery degree, strength retention rate and whiteness than those finished with 1,2,3,4-butane tetracarboxylic acid (BTCA). The washing durability of the fabrics treated with the synthesized compounds and BTCA is similar. The chlorine atom, the carboxyl and the s-triazine ring in the synthesized structures and the surface roughness of the silk fabric are all contributive to the improvement of the crease resistance of silk. (C) 2012 Dong Mei Xu. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Chinese Chemical Society. All rights reserved.