Novel pre-treatment processes to promote linen-containing fabrics properties

Ibrahim, N. A.; El-Hossamy, M.B.; Hashem, Mohamed; Refai, R.; Eid, Basma M.

doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2008.05.009

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“…In the past, the most common applications were surface cleaning and surface coating. More recently, plasma treatments have been used to improve wettability [6][7][8][9][10][11][12], printability [13][14][15], dyeability [16][17][18], and adhesion promotion of both natural and man-made fibers [19][20][21].…”

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A review of low-temperature plasma treatment of textile materials

2015

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In recent years, plasma treatment technology has attracted more attention in the textile industry, as it seems to be a promising economically and ecologically sound alternative to conventional wet-chemical processing techniques. Plasma surface treatment is a relatively simple process that is clean, solvent-free, time saving, and environmentally friendly. Moreover, plasma treatments offer the possibility to obtain typical textile finishes without changing the key textile properties. The efficiency of plasma treatment depends on several factors including the nature of the substrate and the treatment operating conditions. However, the application of plasma technology to different kinds of textile materials has not been fully exploited. This paper presents a review of the current literature on the surface modification of textiles by lowtemperature plasma (LTP) technology. Its main objectives are to (i) investigate the influence of LTP treatment on the surface properties of natural and man made textile materials, (ii) outline the contribution of LTP treatment towards sustainable development, and (iii) examine the hurdles that LTP has to overcome in the textile industry.

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“…Remarkable improvements in wettability and whiteness of the enzyme-treated and bleached samples were obtained due to the plasma pretreatment. Oxygen-plasma followed by alkaline pectinase/hydrogen peroxide combined treatment in the presence of polyethylene glycol was suggested as optimal pretreatment sequence for reactive dyeing [14].…”

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Effects of Atmospheric Plasma Pretreatments on Pectinase Efficiency in Bioscouring of Linen Fabrics

Karaca

Csiszár

Bozdoğan

2011

Plasma Chem Plasma Process

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Pectinase enzyme treatment subsequent to atmospheric air-or argon-plasma surface modification was applied in linen fabric preparation. Wettability by water drop test, wickability by thin layer wicking experiment, residual pectin content and colour of the fabrics were characterized. Results clearly proved that the efficiency of pectinase in improving linen water absorbency can be significantly enhanced by plasma pretreatment. Argon-plasma pretreatment followed by a Beisol PRO enzyme treatment reduced the wetting time considerably and resulted in a fabric surface that has been characterized by the lowest water contact angle (86.6°). All the applied treatments increased the energy of the fibre surface. The alkaline scoured, the argon-plasma treated and the argon-plasmapectinase treated samples have been characterized by the highest c total S values. Plasma treatment significantly decreased the whiteness and increased the yellowness of the raw fabrics. However, the enzyme treatment applied after the plasma treatment has overcome the colour differences.

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“…They are employed in flax treatment processes other than degumming like retting (Akin et al 2007) and bioscouring of flax fabrics (Abdel-Halim et al 2010). They are used by some researchers in improvement of linen fabric properties like whiteness and surface smoothness (Ibrahim et al 2008). As compared to chemical treatment, enzymatic treatment consumes less energy and gives cleaner technology with better fiber quality (Saikia et al 2009).…”

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Pseudozyma sp. SPJ: an economic and eco-friendly approach for degumming of flax fibers

Sharma

Mandhan

Sharma

2011

World J Microbiol Biotechnol

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A cellulase free, alkaline, thermo-tolerant pectinase was produced by a novel yeast strain Pseudozyma sp. SPJ using citrus peel as inexpensive carbon source. The crude enzyme showed good prospects in degumming of flax fibers for textile industry. An optimum pectinase dose of 80 U g -1 resulted in reduction of 15 ± 1.92% dry weight of the fibers, releasing maximum galacturonic acid (10825.5 ± 34.2 lg g -1 dry fiber) after the incubation of 6 h. The yeast culture could grow on the flax fibers (as sole carbon source) without addition of any other nutrient and produce good enzyme yield (9235.5 ± 21.51 U g -1 dry fiber). After 12 h incubation of the fibers with the isolated yeast strain, 4471 ± 19.5 lg g -1 dry fiber galacturonic acid was achieved with maximum weight loss of 11 ± 1.2%. This process reduced the amount of chemicals and energy used in conventional methods. It also contributed to enhance fineness and overall quality of the fiber strands. This study is relevant to the textile industry as it provided a fast, economical and eco-friendly method for degumming of flax fibers.

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Novel pre-treatment processes to promote linen-containing fabrics properties

Cited by 51 publications

References 16 publications

A review of low-temperature plasma treatment of textile materials

A review of low-temperature plasma treatment of textile materials

Effects of Atmospheric Plasma Pretreatments on Pectinase Efficiency in Bioscouring of Linen Fabrics

Pseudozyma sp. SPJ: an economic and eco-friendly approach for degumming of flax fibers

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