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| Title: | Atmospheric pressure glow discharge of helium-oxygen plasma treatment on polyester/cotton blended fabric |
| Authors: | Kale, Kiran
Palaskar, Shital |
| Keywords: | Atmospheric pressure glow discharge
Helium-oxygen plasma
Polyester/cotton fabric
Plasma process parameters
Wicking height |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | Polyester/cotton
blended woven fabric has been treated with atmospheric pressure glow discharge
plasma to improve its hydrophilic properties. Discharge has been generated at
radio frequency using pure helium and helium-oxygen gas mixtures. The role of
various plasma process parameters, such as discharge intensity, exposure time,
gas flow rate, inter-electrode distance and type of gas, on the hydrophilic and
surface properties of the fabric has also been studied. The efficiency of the
plasma treatment is assessed through capillary rise measurements, whereas
surface characterization is performed with FTIR and SEM. It is observed that
plasma process parameters play a key role in deciding properties of the plasma-treated
fabric. Use of even low amount of oxygen as a reactive gas has been proved to
be very effective in producing hydrophilic properties of plasma-treated
polyester/cotton blended fabric. |
| Page(s): | 137-144 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1025 (Online); 0971-0426 (Print) |
| Source: | IJFTR Vol.36(2) [June 2011]
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