TY - JOUR
T1 - Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Vapor Treatment of Thermo-sensitive Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) and Its Application to Textile Materials
AU - Yang Chen, Xiaoliang Tang, Baotong Chen & Gao Qiu
JO - Journal of Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics
VL - 3
SP - 285
EP - 290
PY - 2011
DA - 2011/04
SN - 4
DO - http://doi.org/10.3993/jfbi09201108
UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jfbi/4924.html
KW - Atmospheric Pressure Plasma
KW - Plasma Treatment
KW - Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm)
KW - Lower Critical Solution Temperature (LCST)
KW - Water Contact Angle
KW - Water Permeability Time
AB - Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) is a new type of smart thermo-sensitive macromolecule
material that is characterized by a sudden precipitation on heating, switching from a hydrophilic to
a hydrophobic state. In this paper, using the self-made equipment of atmospheric pressure plasma vapor
treatment running in the environment of argon, PNIPAAm was deposited separately to Polybutylene
Terephthalate (PBT) melt-blown nonwovens and Polyester (PET) fabrics. It was found that the
wettability and water permeability were significantly modified by changing the temperature above and
below the Lower Critical Solution Temperature (LCST), according to the data derived from measurements
of water contact angle, water permeability time and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) images.
Considering human body temperature is close to the LCST, these results are valuable for further
application to thermo-sensitive textile materials.