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Atmospheric Plasma Technique Assessment for the Development of a Polyfunctional End-use Polyester Fabric

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The effects of atmospheric air plasma treatment based on dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) technology on the surface alteration of a woven polyester (PET) textile fabric were investigated. Chemical and physical surface modifications were characterized by specific wettability measurements (water contact angle-WCA and % capillarity), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), zeta potential assessments, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and chemical quantification analysis using ortho-toluidine blue (TBO) dye before and after the DBD processing. A striking enhancement of capillarity percentage from 1.6 % to 108 % was ensured by the plasma treatment suggesting that special chemical elements such as hydroxyl, carbonyl, and carboxyl groups were embedded on the polyester surface, thereby offering it a new hydrophilic behavior. The morphological analysis revealed that plasma treatment is a suitable mechanism to enhance the roughness of treated samples improving furthermore the water retention of the fabric and making the structure more adapted to further chemicals applications. The zeta potential and chemical quantification analysis were also of great interest since they reveal overall the same trend as do the wettability measurements and confirms that the extent of surface modification is in big dependency to the selected plasma parameters. Dyeability of untreated and plasma treated samples was also investigated in terms of color strength, in addition to wash and rub fastness. Sufficiently, higher dyeing performances were noted for plasma treated polyester when compared to the untreated fabric. Atmospheric air plasma treatment was found to be an effective approach to boost the technical reactivity of PET fabrics opening up new opportunities for surface modification under the growing environmental and energy-saving concerns.

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Acknowledgement

This work was realized in the laboratory GEMTEX-ENSAIT France. The authors are grateful for Mr. Christian Catel and all the laboratory members for technical assistances and precious help.

The authors would like to thank also the LABEX SYNORG (ANR-11-LABX-0029) and the Region Normandie.

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  1. Textile Engineering Laboratory, University of Monastir, Ksar Hellal, 5070, Tunisia

    Najla Krifa, Riadh Zouari & Wafa Miled

  2. Department of Early Childhood, University College Taraba, Taif University, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia

    Wafa Miled

  3. GEMTEX Research Laboratory, University of Lille, Roubaix, 59056, France

    Nemeshwaree Behary & Christine Campagne

  4. Department of Chemistry, UMR CNRS 6014 COBRA, University of Normandy, Evreux, 27000, France

    Julien Vieillard

  5. Higher Institute of Arts and Crafts of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, 3069, Tunisia

    Morched Cheikhrouhou

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Krifa, N., Zouari, R., Miled, W. et al. Atmospheric Plasma Technique Assessment for the Development of a Polyfunctional End-use Polyester Fabric. Fibers Polym 22, 2782–2791 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-021-0847-7

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