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Effects of low temperature plasma on wool and wool/nylon blend dyed fabrics

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Knitted wool and wool/nylon blend dyed fabrics were treated with low temperature plasma (LTP) to achieve optimum shrink-resistance without impairing surface topography, colour or fastness to washing of the fabrics. As LTP tends to impair handle of the fabrics, both wool and wool/nylon blend fabrics were submitted to industrial softening and/or biopolymer treatments after LTP treatment, leading to hydrophilic wool and wool/nylon blend fabrics with improved shrink-resistance without any colour changes and good fastness to washing. The results obtained were compared with those obtained by an industrial shrink-resist treatment.

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  1. Surfactant Technology Department, Institute of Chemical and Environmental Research of Barcelona (IIQAB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), c/Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034, Barcelona, Spain

    Cristina Canal & Pilar Erra

  2. FEMAN, Applied Physics and Optics Department, Universidad de Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal 647, 08034, Barcelona, Spain

    Ricardo Molina & Enric Bertran

  3. INQUISUP, Chemical Engineering Department, Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya, c/Colom 1, 08222, Terrassa, Spain

    Antonio Navarro

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Canal, C., Molina, R., Bertran, E. et al. Effects of low temperature plasma on wool and wool/nylon blend dyed fabrics. Fibers Polym 9, 293–300 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-008-0047-8

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