Textile finishing is applied to achieve the desired effects on the textile materials
and produce textile products according to market demands. Finishing can modify
the appearance and feel of the textile material and improve its performances.
Traditional textile finishing wet processes, based on the application of chemicals,
use large amounts of water and energy and generate large amounts of wastewater,
which significantly increases the ecological footprint of textile. Growing concern
for the environment and efforts to save energy have led to numerous studies aimed
at replacing many wet finishing processes with low water consumption processes
and dry finishing.
Plasma treatment is one of the specialized finishing procedures to achieve the
desired functional properties of textiles, in which there are no harmful substances,
no wet processes / wastewater and no mechanical damage to the textile material
being treated.
The paper deals with plasma techniques application suitable for textile processing,
functionalities achieved by this processing, as well as the advantages of plasma
application as a unique efficient engineering tool for functionalization /
improvement of surface properties of textile materials. (Informative article)
