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Over last few years, polyurethane (PU) has been applied in many fields by virtue of its mechanical strength, wear resistance, toughness, low temperature flexibility and other characteristics recently. To be more precise, PU materials can be screened through raw materials, improved formulas and so on to obtain the corresponding “customized” products. This gives the product “customizability” and further broadens the use of functional PUs. PU is one of the important coating materials in leather manufacture. This paper explores the academic research status of functional PU and its modification and application in leather production and leather finishing.

In this study, polypropylene (PP) fibrous mats are modified by plasma treatment, following by chemical grafting. Initially, the as-prepared PP fibrous mats are treated by plasma at different oxygen (O2) and argon (Ar) ratios. Then, the PP fibrous mats are modified by grafting dopamine onto polar groups for in situ polymerizations, resulting in a polydopamine (PDA) coating on the substrate's surface. Time-sensitive wettability is thereby converted into permanent wettability in PP fibers. The morphology, chemical performance, and relative wettability of the modified PP fibers are then characterized. The experimental results show, using an O2/Ar ratio of 3:7 during plasma treatment, that the water contact angle was decreased from 114.2° to 0°, and the maximum grafting degree was 0.79%.