Atmospheric pressure plasma polymerization of hexamethyldisiloxane for imparting water repellency to cotton fabric

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 608-620

  Kale, Kiran H ^a   Palaskar, Shital ^a  

^a Bombay Textile Research Association   (India)

Author keywords

dielectric barrier discharge; durability to washing; HMDSO; Plasma polymerization; water repellent cotton

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONTACT ANGLE; COTTON; COTTON FABRICS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; FLOW CONTROL; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA SOURCES; TENSILE STRENGTH; WASHING; WATERPROOFING; WETTING;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; DURABILITY TO WASHINGS; HEXAMETHYL DISILOXANE; HMDSO; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; WATER REPELLENTS; WATER-REPELLENT PROPERTIES;

PLASMA POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 79955366595     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517510385176     Document Type: Article

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