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Wool Fabrics with Improved Performance and Comfort Characteristics Using Functional Polysiloxane

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This work aims at studying the effect of treatment of wool fabric with different concentrations of water-dispersible amino siloxane polymer (AS) using exhaustion or pad-dry-cure techniques to impart durable silk-like softness with improved surface properties and comfortability. The effects of these modifications on the handle of wool as well as some of its chemical, physical, and mechanical properties were studied. The effect of treatment of wool fabric by AS on some of its comfort attributes; namely hydrophilicity and UPF was investigated. The change in the chemical composition of silicon-treated wool fabric was studied using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) display that wool fabric treated with AS exhibited better surface smoothness and significant coating of wool scales, compared with the untreated one. The thermal and physical properties of the treated fabrics were studied using TGA and XRD. Results of this investigation proved that wool fabric treated by AS using exhaustion technique exhibited better comfort characteristics without opposing effect on their inherent properties than those treated using the pad-dry-cure technique.

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The authors are indebted to Prof. Hosam El-Sayed for his valuable discussion during the preparation of this work.

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This work is a part of a project financed by the National Research Centre (project ID: 12010204).

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  1. Clothing and Knitting Industries Research Department, Textile Industries Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Dokki, 12622, Egypt

    Rania F. El-Newashy

  2. Proteinic and Man-made Fibres Department, Textile Industries Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Dokki, 12622, Egypt

    Marwa Abou Taleb & Salwa Mowafi

  3. Spinning and Weaving Engineering Department, Textile Industries Research Division, National Research Centre, 12622, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

    Marwa A. Ali

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, Methodology and analysis were performed by [Salwa Mowafi], [Marwa Abou Taleb], some analysis was carried out by [Rania. F. El-Newashy] and [Marwa. A. Ali]. The first draft of the manuscript was written by [Salwa Mowafi] and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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El-Newashy, R.F., Taleb, M.A., Ali, M.A. et al. Wool Fabrics with Improved Performance and Comfort Characteristics Using Functional Polysiloxane. Silicon 14, 4535–4546 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-021-01230-0

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