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Plasma-Aided Cotton Bioscouring: Dielectric Barrier Discharge Versus Low-Pressure Oxygen Plasma

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The hydrophobic cuticle of the cotton fiber has formed a natural barrier for pectinase to catalyze its substrates (pectins beneath the cuticle), thus resulting in an insufficient scouring for cotton. Two plasma-based treatments, dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) at atmospheric pressure and cold oxygen plasma at low pressure in a vacuum system, were used as the pretreatments prior to cotton bioscouring, aiming at increasing the accessibility of pectinases to the pectic substances on the cotton fiber. The effects of different processing parameters of DBD and oxygen plasmas on the wettability, whiteness and burst strength of pectinase-scoured cotton were determined and compared. Although both of the pretreatments could enhance cotton bioscouring, DBD might be more suitable for current bioscouring due to its continuous processing mode and lower requirements to the equipment.

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This work was financially supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2009AA02Z204).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Science and Technology of Eco-Textile, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China

    Qiang Wang, Xue-Rong Fan, Li Cui & Ping Wang

  2. School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China

    Jing Wu & Jian Chen

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Wang, Q., Fan, XR., Cui, L. et al. Plasma-Aided Cotton Bioscouring: Dielectric Barrier Discharge Versus Low-Pressure Oxygen Plasma. Plasma Chem Plasma Process 29, 399–409 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-009-9187-x

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