Plasma application in textiles

Abstract

Chemical modification of cellulosic fabrics was early used as a tool for imparting to it new properties and increasing its effective application for different end-uses. Nowadays, physical technologies can advantageously replace some of these chemical modifications as environmental friendly processes. Plasma treatment is considered one of these physical technologies applied to nearly all the synthetic and cellulosic textile fabric. It modifies the fiber surface and leaves the bulk characteristics unaffected. It is fast growing field and finds some potential applications as an environmentally friendly process. Plasma treatment does not involve handling of hazardous chemicals and thus there are no problems of effluents compared with the chemical treatment.