Impact on textile properties of polyester with laser

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-119

  Kan, C W ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Laser; Polyester; Textile

Indexed keywords

AIR PERMEABILITY; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASERS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TEXTILE PROCESSING; WETTING;

YARN ABRASION;

POLYESTERS;

EID: 34548574886     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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