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http://dx.doi.org/10.5764/TCF.2011.23.2.100

One-side Water-repellent Finish of PET Fabrics using UV/Ozone  

Kim, Su-Jin (Department of Nano-Bio Textile Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
Jang, Jin-Ho (Department of Nano-Bio Textile Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
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Textile Coloration and Finishing / v.23, no.2, 2011 , pp. 100-106 More about this Journal
Abstract
UV-curable water-repellent finish was carried out to impart one-side repellency to the PET fabrics using a formulation of a UV-active fluorocarbon agent and a water soluble photoinitiator. The aqueous formulation was padded on the PET fabrics and it was subsequently UV-cured. The unirradiated side of the cured fabrics was made to wetteable to water by the prolonged UV/ozone irradiation. The influence of photoinitiator concentration, agent concentration and UV energy for photodegradation on the performance of the finished fabrics were investigated. The difference in the functional property of front and back sides was examined by measuring water repellency at each side of the treated fabrics, which resulted in four rating difference between two-side. The UV-cured and photodegraded PET surfaces were characterized by ATR, ESCA and FE-SEM.
Keywords
water-repellent finish; UV curing; photodegradation; laundering durability; PET;
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