Plasma-fabric interaction for surface activation and functionalization: A review. Issue 1 (May 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Saleem, M; Kousar, N; Shoukat, B; Shoaib-ur-Rehman, M; Batool, F; Naz, M Y; Ghaffar, A
• Is Part Of: IOP conference series. Volume 863:Issue 1(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-05
• Subjects: Materials science -- Periodicals; 620.1105
• DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/863/1/012036
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-8981

Abstract

Abstract: The applications and effects of plasma on textile fabrics are the main focus in this paper. We surveyed available literature on the plasma-fabric interaction and found that there are variation of parameters affected the plasma application. The parameters can be classified as weight loss, tensile strength, contact angle, aging effect and addition of contents of different chemical functional groups. The increase or decrease in weight of fabrics after oxygen, nitrogen, and atmospheric plasma treatment was obtained in this study. The weight loss increased with the exposure time of plasma but decreased with the pressure. The tensile strength decreases with plasma duration and increases with plasma power. The type of plasma also affects the wettability of fabric. Wettability of a fabric increases with plasma treatment time. The plasma treatment of fabric adds different elements such as oxygen, carbon and nitrogen on the surface. The amount of oxygen increases but carbon and sulphur decreases. The increase or decrease in contact angle depends on the conditions of plasma treatment. The aging time of plasma depends on different parameters of plasma treatment. The hydrophilicity character also affected by plasma treatment. The hydrophilicity decreased with treatment time.