Effect of alcohol pretreatment in conjunction with atmospheric pressure plasmas on hydrophobizing ramie fiber surfaces

Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1278-1288

  Wang, Jilong ^a   Zhou, Zhou ^a   Huang, Xiao ^a   Zhang, Liwen ^a   Hu, Benting ^a   Moyo, Senelisile ^a   Sun, Jie ^a   Qiu, Yiping ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

alcohol; atmospheric pressure plasma; hydrophobicity; interfacial shear strength; ramie fiber

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; HYDROPHILIC CELLULOSE; HYDROPHOBIC POLYMERS; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRENGTH; ISO-PROPANOLS; RAMIE FIBERS; WATER CONTACT ANGLE;

ALCOHOLS; CONTACT ANGLE; HEMP; HYDROPHOBICITY; PHOTOELECTRONS; PLASMA SOURCES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

FIBERS;

ALCOHOLS; CONTACT ANGLE; ESCA; FIBERS; HEMP; PHOTOELECTRONS; PLASMA; RAMIE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER REPELLENCE; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84877990372     PISSN: 01694243     EISSN: 15685616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01694243.2012.738323     Document Type: Article

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