Wear‐resistant cotton fabrics modified by PU coatings prepared via mist polymerization |
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| Authors: | Wanchao Fan Yanhui Zhu Guanghui Xi Meiqi Huang Xiang Dong Liu |
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| Affiliation: | Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Materials and Textile, Zhejiang Sci‐Tech University, Xiasha Higher Education Zone, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China |
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| Abstract: | Cotton fabric was successfully modified using a simple mist polymerization with polyurethane (PU) prepolymer and ethylene glycol as the monomers. Scanning electron microscope showed the presence of a very thin polymer coating on the cotton fiber surface. Martindale abrasion tests revealed that the thin PU coating imparted to the cotton fabric a doubled wearing durability compared with the original fabric. Additional experiments demonstrated that the mist polymerization has little impact on the desired cotton properties such as water absorptivity, vapor transmissibility, mechanical property, and flexibility. Considering the excellent balance between the enhanced abrasion resistance and the cotton natures, this surface modification methodology has potential to fabricate wearing durable textiles. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2016 , 133, 43024. |
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| Keywords: | coatings surfaces and interfaces textiles |
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