Investigation Of The Effects Of Plasma Treatment On The Properties Of Flax Fabrics

Abstract

In this study, flax fabrics were applied with oxygen and nitrogen plasma treatment for different execution time. After the plasma treatment, the effects of gas type and execution time on flax fabrics were investigated in terms of shear strength, hydrophility, color differences, dimensional change and surface properties. According to the results, nitrogen plasma treatment caused to increase the shear strength of flax fabrics more than oxygen plasma treatment. Furthermore, the oxygen and nitrogen plasma treatment caused to increase of hydrophility of flax fabrics and the hydrophility of samples increased with the increment in execution time of plasma treatment. The color differences results indicated that there were not significant differences in color change of flax samples. Besides, scanning electron microscope images demonstrated that the nitrogen plasma treatment provided the optimal surface modification. According to the results, plasma treatment can be improved the physical and chemical properties of flax fabrics.

Effect of gas type and application distance on atmospheric pressure plasma jet-treated flax composites

“…Contact angle (CA) measurement is a simple but effective method used to investigate the effect of APPlJ on the restructured surface after the treatment process. 13,14 While lower contact angles of the hydrophilic water on the contact surface shows that the application surface has a hydrophilic character, high contact angles indicate a hydrophobic character. 16 In composite structure, reinforcement and the matrix material should show similar hydrophilicity.…”

“…Atmospheric pressure plasma jet (APPlJ) treatment, one of these methods, is predominant with parameters such as high pressure and plasma power according to similar methods. 2,5,[11][12][13] With these properties, the physical changes such as cleaning, etching, etc. are performed faster on the treated surfaces and the matrix compatible surface can be obtained by plasma-induced molecular interaction.…”