Plasma-Assisted Titanium Dioxide Wrinkle Resistant Treatment of Cotton Fabric

Abstract

Abstract-Titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) has been found feasible for improving the wrinkle resistant of cotton fabric. In this paper, plasma treatment was used as a pretreatment process to enhance the application of TiO 2 in wrinkle resistant treatment of cotton fabric. The relationship between plasma pretreatment process parameters including (i) treatment speed, (ii) oxygen flow rate; and (iii) jet distance were studied through orthogonal array testing strategy (OATS). Based on the OATS, the optimum condition for plasma pretreatment of cotton fabric before 0.2% TiO 2 treatment could be obtained and also their relative importance can be found. The optimum condition was: (i) treatment speed = 15 mm/s; (ii) oxygen flow rate = 0.3 L/min. and (iii) jet distance = 5 mm and the order of importance was oxygen flow rate followed by jet distance and treatment speed.

A review of low-temperature plasma treatment of textile materials

“…Plasma treatment can be used to enhance the resilience of cotton. Kan [158] showed that oxygen APPJ treatment followed by 0.2 % Titanuim dioxide (TiO 2 ) treatment significantly enhanced the wrinkle-resistant property of cotton fabric. This finding was attributed to the etching effect on the fabric surface caused by plasma pretreatment which provides a new pathway for the finishing agent to enter into the fiber, resulting in the formation of more crosslinkages with an increase in the wrinkle recovery angle.…”

Nanocomposite polyacrylonitrile filaments with titanium dioxide and silver nanoparticles for multifunctionality

“…Among different nanoparticles, titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) and silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are two of the nanoparticles which are frequently used in textile applications. TiO 2 nanoparticles are reported to improve UV protection [33], antistatic [35], self-cleaning [36–38], antibacterial [39], hydrophilic [40], ultra-hydrophobic [41], wrinkle resistance [42], water adsorption, and dyeability [43,44] properties. In particular, anatase TiO 2 is commonly used for the elimination of microbiological and toxic contaminants in filtration applications and for self-cleaning surface applications [45].…”