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Surface characterization of low temperature plasma treated wool fiber

The effect of the nature of gas

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Previous investigation results revealed that after the Low Temperature Plasma (LTP) treatment, the hydrophilicity of wool fiber was improved significantly. Such improvement enhances the wool dyeing and finishing processes which might be due to the changes of the wool surface to a more reactive one. In this paper, wool fibers were treated with LTP with different gases, namely, oxygen, nitrogen and gas mixture (25 % hydrogen/75 % nitrogen). Investigations showed that chemical composition of wool fiber surface varied differently with the different plasma gas used. The surface chemical composition of the different LTP-treated wool fibers was evaluated with different characterization methods, namely FTIR-ATR, XPS and saturated adsorption value. The experimental results were thoroughly discussed.

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Kan, C.W., Chan, K. & Yuen, C.W.M. Surface characterization of low temperature plasma treated wool fiber. Fibers Polym 5, 52–58 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02875495

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