PLASMA TECHNOLOGIES FOR TEXTILES

By ANTHONY TAYLOR

CONTENTS THE PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF PLASMAS FOR PROCESSING TEXTILES AND OTHER MATERIALS INTRODUCTION GASES PLASMAS PLASMA CHEMISTRY PLASMA–SURFACE COLLISIONS SUMMARY BIBLIOGRAPHY THE DIAGNOSIS OF PLASMAS USED IN THE PROCESSING OF TEXTILES AND OTHER MATERIALS DISCHARGE ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS ELECTRICAL PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY REFERENCES LOW-PRESSURE COLD PLASMA PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY LOW-PRESSURE VACUUM PLASMA TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT FOR LOW-PRESSURE VACUUM PLASMA TECHNOLOGY PLASMA ACTIVATION IN THE TECHNICAL TEXTILE AND NONWOVEN INDUSTRIES PLASMA DEPOSITION ON NONWOVEN MATERIALS THE ECONOMICS OF VACUUM PLASMA TREATMENT FOR FABRICS AND NONWOVENS CONCLUSIONS ATMOSPHERIC-PRESSURE COLD PLASMA PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY BASIC MANUFACTURABILITY NEEDS FROM PLASMA TECHNOLOGY ATMOSPHERIC-PRESSURE PLASMA TYPES FOR TEXTILE PROCESSING ATMOSPHERIC-PRESSURE PLASMA EQUIPMENT FOR TEXTILE PROCESSING ATMOSPHERIC-PRESSURE PLASMA SURFACE PROPERTIES FOR TEXTILE PRODUCTS THE ATMOSPHERIC-PRESSURE PLASMA AUDIT CORONA AND DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE PLASMA TREATMENT OF TEXTILES FOR TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS INTRODUCTION TO ATMOSPHERIC-PRESSURE PLASMA PROCESSES SPECIAL ADAPTATIONS OF DBD TECHNOLOGY TO TEXTILES PLASMA-INDUCED SURFACE ACTIVATION OF ? BRES DEPOSITION OF NANO-LAYERS BY GAS POLYMERISATION COMBINATION OF DBD TREATMENT AND LIQUOR DEPOSITION FUTURE TRENDS NANO-SCALE TREATMENT OF TEXTILES USING PLASMA TECHNOLOGY PLASMA TECHNOLOGY FOR THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY MATERIALS AND METHODS PLASMA CLEANING PLASMA METALLISATION PLASMA POLYMERISATION PLASMA CO-POLYMERISATION SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION PART II TEXTILE APPLICATIONS PLASMA TREATMENT OF TEXTILES FOR WATER AND OIL REPELLENCY REQUIREMENT FOR WATER AND OIL REPELLENCY THEORY AND TESTING OF WATER AND OIL REPELLENCY CURRENT SOLUTIONS FOR RENDERING TEXTILES WATER AND OIL REPELLENT USE OF PLASMAS FOR IMPARTING LIQUID REPELLENCY WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS REFERENCES AND SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION INTERFACIAL ENGINEERING OF FUNCTIONAL TEXTILES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS TECHNICAL TEXTILES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS PLASMA TREATMENT FOR INTERFACIAL ENGINEERING OF TECHNICAL TEXTILES PLASMA REACTOR TECHNIQUES ASSESSMENT OF THE FUNCTIONALISED TEXTILES SURFACE ENGINEERING OF BIOMEDICAL TEXTILES OUTLOOK PLASMA MODI? CATION OF WOOL PLASMA SYSTEMS RELEVANT FOR APPLICATION TO WOOL PLASMA-INDUCED CHEMICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES TEXTILE PROPERTIES OF PLASMA-TREATED WOOL FINISHING PERFORMANCE OF PLASMA-TREATED WOOL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PLASMA MODI? CATION OF NATURAL CELLULOSIC ? BRES DESCRIPTION OF NATURAL AND MAN-MADE CELLULOSIC ? BRES MECHANISMS OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PLASMAS AND CELLULOSE-BASED ? BRES PLASMA MODI? CATION OF COTTON FOR TEXTILE APPLICATIONS PLASMA SURFACE MODI? CATION IN CELLULOSIC ? BRE-BASED COMPOSITES PLASMA MODI? CATION OF SOLID WOOD AND WOOD PULP ? BRES PLASMA MODI? CATION OF MAN-MADE CELLULOSICS PLASMA TREATMENTS OF ? BRES AND TEXTILES PRINCIPLES OF PLASMA PROCESSES PLASMA TEXTILE TREATMENTS ADVANTAGES AND PROBLEMS OF PLASMA TREATMENTS FOR TEXTILES INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENT CHARACTERISATION OF PLASMA-TREATED TEXTILES SURFACE REACTIONS IN PLASMA TREATMENT TECHNIQUES FOR CHARACTERISATION OF PLASMA-TREATED TEXTILES FUTURE TRENDS – NANOINDENTATION SURFACE CHARACTERISATION CHALLENGES