Helium/oxygen atmospheric pressure plasma jet treatment for hydrophilicity improvement of grey cotton knitted fabric

Tian, Liqiang; Nie, Huali; Chatterton, Nicholas P.; Branford-White, Christopher J.; Qiu, Yiping and Zhu, Limin (2011). Helium/oxygen atmospheric pressure plasma jet treatment for hydrophilicity improvement of grey cotton knitted fabric. Applied Surface Science, 257(16) pp. 7113–7118.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.03.064

Abstract

The influence of atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPJ) treatment on the hydrophilicity of grey cotton knitted fabric (GCKF) was investigated. For comparison, specimens which had undergone different treatments were tested by contact angle measurement, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), fourier-transform infrared attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy (FTIR-ATR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The results imply that helium/oxygen APPJ could improve the hydrophilicity of GCKF by modifying the surface properties. In addition, combining dewaxing processes with He/O2 APPJ treatment was found to tremendously improve the hydrophilicity of GCKF. The mechanism of this was also confirmed by Ruthenium Red staining which showed most of pectic substances inside the cotton fiber existed beneath the waxy layer and on top of the cellulose microfibril.

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• Item ORO ID
• 43986
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 0169-4332
• Project Funding Details

• Funded Project Name	Project ID	Funding Body
  Not Set	21006010	National Natural Science Foundation of China
  Not Set	Not Set	Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
  Not Set	Not Set	UK-CHINA Joint Laboratory for Therapeutic Textiles
  111 Project	Not Set	Biomedical Textile Materials
  Not Set	2009007512001	Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education

• Keywords
• Grey cotton knitted fabric; Atmospheric pressure plasma jet; Dewaxing; Hydrophilicity; XPS
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Life, Health and Chemical Sciences
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
• Copyright Holders
• © 2011 Elsevier B.V
• Depositing User
• Nicholas Chatterton