Authors: C H Kwong S P Ng C W Kan R Molina
Publish Date: 2013/11/08
Volume: 14, Issue: 10, Pages: 1608-1613
Abstract
Atmospheric pressure plasma APP technology has been proven to be an effective method for improving the hydrophobicity of fabric surface While many researchers have worked on apparel fabrics polyester and synthetic leather fabrics popular in the luxury textile market have been examined rarely In this regard this paper reports the effects of APP treatment using tetrafluoromethane CF4 as the polymerizing monomer on hydrophobicity of polyester synthetic leather The polyester synthetic leather samples were treated under various parameters and hydrophobicity was found to be greatly enhanced under a certain range of treatment conditions An optimization of the treatment parameters was conducted and the results showed that a hydrophobic surface with a contact angle of 106 ° was achieved compared to the untreated sample’s 0 °
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