1360results about "Liquid repellent fibres" patented technology

Apparatuses and methods are described that involve the deposition of polymer coatings on substrates. The polymer coatings generally comprise an electrically insulating layer and/or a hydrophobic layer. The hydrophobic layer can comprise fused polymer particles have an average primary particle diameter on the nanometer to micrometer scale. The polymer coatings are deposited on substrates using specifically adapted plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition approaches. The substrates can include computing devices and fabrics.

Additive particles may be employed in sufficient amounts to impart superhydrophobicity to a coating system in which the additive particles are incorporated. The additive particles include carrier microparticles and a dense plurality of nanoparticles adhered to the surfaces of the carrier microparticles (e.g., preferably by electrostatic deposition or covalent bonding). The additive particles are advantageously incorporated into a coating material (e.g., a polymeric material) in amounts sufficient to render a substrate surface superhydrophobic when coated with the coating material. The substrate may be rigid (e.g., glass, ceramic or metal) or flexible (e.g., a polymeric film or sheet or a fabric). In some preferred embodiments, both the microparticle and nanoparticles are formed of silica and are surface treated with a hydrophobic treatment so as to impart superhydrophobic properties thereto. Especially preferred are particles treated with silicone fluid comprised of a polysiloxane and/or a perfluoro silane having between 1 and 40 carbon atoms.

A fluorochemical composition for rendering fibrous substrates oil repellent, water repellent, and/or stain repellent and comprising a fluorinated polymer dispersed in water or dissolved or dispersed in an organic solvent, the fluorinated polymer comprising units derived from (i) a mixture of two or more fluorinated polyether monomers that differ in at least their molecular weight, the fluorinated polyether monomers having an ethylenically unsaturated group and a perfluorinated polyether group and wherein at least 90% by weight of the mixture consists of fluorinated polyether monomers that have a perfluorinated polyether group having a molecular weight of at least 750 g/mol and (ii) one or more units derived from one or more co-monomers other than a fluorinated polyether monomer and wherein the co-monomers comprise at least one non-fluorinated monomer. Also, method for treating fibrous substrate with such composition, fluorinated polyether monomers, and fluorinated polymers derived from such monomers.

A fabric treatment composition that includes a hydrophobic agent with a melting point or glass transition temperature below 100° C. and optionally, a fluoropolymer, that imparts fabric protection benefits, including improved stain and soil resistance, oil repellency, water repellency, softness, wrinkle and damage resistance, and better handfeel to treated fabrics. Compositions may further include a zeta potential modifier in an amount sufficient to adjust the zeta potential of the composition to be positive and greater, than zero millivolts. The composition can be used as a pretreatment prior to drying or ironing, through soaking or direct spray application, or used prior to or during the drying cycle of an automatic drying machine or clothing refresher machine, or used prior to or in conjunction with an ironing device. The fabric treatment is complete when the fabric treated by contact with the protective composition is then cured by drying and/or heating. The invention further includes a kit providing a means for convenient dispensing of the protective composition to effect treatment and curing of fabric articles.

A method is provided for the application of a finishing layer to a textile support material. A water repellent or oil repellent layer, a so-called finishing layer, is applied to a textile support material selected from the group of fibers, tissues, and fabrics. The water repellent or oil repellent finishing layer comprises at least two water repellent or oil repellent components wherein a first component comprises one or more dispersants and a second component comprises one or more dispersed phases or colloids, and wherein the dispersant and the dispersed phase are present in the gel state.

A composition of matter is a plurality of solid particles of at least 100 nm to about 10 μm in size having a plurality of nanopores where at least some of the nanopores provide flow through porosity, and the surface of the particles displays a plurality of spaced apart nanostructured features with a contiguous material protruding at the surface and optionally at least one interpenetrating recessing contiguous material. The particles are superhydrophobic when the protruding material is hydrophobic or a hydrophobic coating conforms to the surface of the particle. Articles with superhydrophobic surfaces can be formed by the coating of the particles on a solid substrate.

The use of perfluorinated polymers and/or fluorinated ionomers as surfactant emulsifiers in emulsion polymerization of fluorinated monomers.

A fabric treatment composition that includes at least one zeta potential modifier and a hydrophobic agent with a melting point or glass transition temperature below 100° C. that imparts fabric protection benefits, including improved stain and soil resistance, oil repellency, water repellency, softness, wrinkle and damage resistance, and better handfeel to treated fabrics. Treatment compositions can be used as a pretreatment prior to washing, through soaking, or added to the treatment liquor, that is either the wash or rinse cycle of an automatic washing machine, to first provide and then maintain and restore the beneficial fabric protection benefits imparted to the fabrics during a first treatment operation. The fabric treatment is complete when the fabric is cured by drying and/or heating. Following use of a first treatment composition, protective benefits are maintained and restored by means of a second treatment operation employing a second treatment composition with lower active levels of the protective agents to provide for economical and continual maintenance of the imparted fabric protection benefits through a delivered second fabric treatment benefit with each subsequent treatment operation employing the fabric treatment compositions.

A bandage comprising a substrate having a first surface with a plurality of superhydrophobic particles attached to the first surface. The plurality of superhydrophobic particles can be porous diatomaceous earth particles having a hydrophobic layer conforming to the surfaces of the DE particles, where the hydrophobic layer is bound to the DE particles. The plurality of attached superhydrophobic particles can render the first surface superhydrophobic, while a second surface opposite the first surface can be hydrophilic or hydrophobic. The substrate can be breathable in order to maintain skin health for the tissue underlying the bandage. The substrate can be selected from porous films, apertured films, textiles, nonwoven materials, impregnated composites thereof, and combinations thereof.

Fiber, fabric, film, molded or blown article comprising a water- and oil-repellent composition comprising a melt blend of components (a) and (b) in which:

• • (a) comprises a repellency-imparting, fluorochemical composition comprising at least one fluorine-containing aromatic ester oligomer comprising
    • (1) at least two repeat units derived or derivable from the reaction of at least one dicarboxylic acid (or a derivative thereof) and at least one polyol, with the proviso that either the dicarboxylic acid (or derivative) or the polyol (or both) is aromatic or heteroaromatic, and
    • (2) fluorochemical endgroups derived or derivable from the reaction of
      • (i) the dicarboxylic acid (or derivative) and at least one fluorine-containing monoalcohol, or
      • (ii) the polyol and at least one fluorine-containing monocarboxylic acid; and
  • (b) comprises a treatable substrate material; with the proviso that, when the treatable substrate material comprises a mixture of at least two polymers, the mixture is non-stratifying.

A method for treating surfaces of textile is disclosed. A coating solution, in which a polymer with reactive groups is utilized to give various functions, such as hydrophobicity, anti-bacteria or hydrophilicity (hygroscopicity) is formed. The coating solution with different viscosities, specially low viscosity, 100 cps or less, can be continuously coated onto a surface of the textile by employing a surface treating technique of gravure coating and appropriately adjusting the gravure meshes. After drying, a highly durable, washable and firm textile with single or multi-functions, such as outer hydrophobic surface and inner anti-bacterial and (or) hydrophilic (hygroscopic) surface.

A composition comprising (A) a copolymer which comprises (I) repeating units which are derived from a monomer having a fluoroalkyl group, a carbon-carbon double bond, (II) optional repeating units which are derived from a monomer having at least two urethane or urea bonds and a carbon-carbon double bond, but no fluorine atom, (III) optional repeating units which are derived from a monomer, the homopolymer of which having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 50° C. or less, (IV) optional repeating units which are derived from a monomer having a hydrophilic group and a carbon-carbon double bond, and (V) optional repeating units which are derived from a monomer having a chlorine atom and a carbon-carbon double bond; and (B) a film-forming auxiliary can impart high water and oil repellency by drying at room temperature (0 to 30° C.) without requiring a heat treatment step.

The invention discloses a magnetic response type high-efficiency oil-water separation fiber membrane and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the field of functional micro-nano fiber materials. The magnetic response type high-efficiency oil-water separation fiber membrane disclosed by the invention is prepared by the following steps: dissolving hydrophobic polymers, such as polyvinylidene fluoride, polyurethane or polycaprolactone, as main raw materials into an organic solvent to form a polymer solution; preparing a non-woven fiber membrane material prepared from micro-nano structure fibers by adopting an electrospinning method; forming a sticky polydopamine membrane through polymerization of polydopamine in an alkaline solution, and firmly attaching magnetic nanoparticles onto the surface of an electrospinning fiber membrane by adopting the sticky polydopamine membrane, so as to prepare the magnetic response type high-efficiency oil-water separation fiber membrane. The fiber membrane disclosed by the invention has a super-hydrophobic/super-oleophilic property in air, and has an excellent adsorptive property on a plurality of common oils; the preparation method of the high-efficiency oil-water separation fiber membrane, disclosed by the invention, is simple, low in energy consumption, and high in efficiency,and can be widely applied to the fields such as remote controllable efficient separation of oily wastewater, and the magnetic responsiveness is realized.

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treating fabrics to facilitate moisture transfer from one side of the fabric to the other, and fabrics made according to such methods. The fabrics generally have one side or surface of the fabric treated with a net hydrophobic composition, whereas the opposing surface of the fabric is not treated with the net hydrophobic composition.

Provided are amphiphobic block copolymers, methods for preparing amphiphobic block copolymers, and applications thereof. Amphiphobic block copolymers can be used to prepare amphiphobic coatings on material surfaces, such as glass, printing paper or fabric. Amphiphobic block copolymers can also be used to coat particles, e.g., silica nanoparticles, which are then used to coat material surfaces. Such coated particles and uses thereof are also provided herein.

The invention relates to a low temperature high elastic type waterproof antifouling water-based polyurethane finishing agent preparing method and product. The method comprises the steps of preparing raw materials, and dewatering polyether triol and polyether diol; enabling the polyether triol and the polyether diol to be in performed reaction with end hydroxyl polysiloxane linear bodies and diisocyanate under catalysis of polymerization catalyst so as to obtain performed polymers; conducting chain extension on the performed polymers and chain extenders with the existence of diluents to obtain intermediates; conducting end capping on the intermediates and fluorine alkyl alcohol, and then adding reaction termination agents to end reaction; adding neutralizing agents, diluents, and water and emulsifying so as to obtain the low temperature high elastic type waterproof antifouling water-based polyurethane finishing agent emulsion product which is a main chain end hydroxyl polysiloxane modified ionic water-based polyurethane polymer material containing perfluorinated alkyl end groups, is used for processing of various textile coating and artificial leather dry coating, and can endow products with good waterproof antifouling performance, low-temperature high elastic characteristic and bending resistant performance.

The invention discloses a super-hydrophobic fabric and a preparation method thereof and belongs to the technical field of super-hydrophobicity. The super-hydrophobic fabric comprises a fabric body, wherein a coupling agent wear-resistant layer is stuck to the surface of the fabric body, a super-hydrophobic layer is stuck to the surface of the coupling agent wear-resistant layer, the coupling agent wear-resistant layer contains a coupling agent A, and the super-hydrophobic layer is a coupling agent B modified nanoparticle layer. The super-hydrophobic fabric disclosed by the invention contains the coupling agent wear-resistant layer and the super-hydrophobic layer, and the coupling agent wear-resistant layer can be used for improving the wear resistance of the super-hydrophobic layer, so that the super-hydrophobic fabric can keep a super-hydrophobic effect in a long-acting manner.

The present invention discloses the use of organosilanes as a semi-permanent surface treatment for fabrics, textiles, and other materials. The present invention discloses a composition for this treatment comprising an organosilane, a catalyst, water, and a solvent. The present invention further discloses methods for improving water repellency and for providing other enhanced benefits to a substrate wherein the methods include contacting the substrate with a solution of water and a silane-based composition, removing excess solution from the substrate, and drying the substrate.

A water dispersion type water and oil repellent composition capable of imparting highly long-lasting water and oil repellency to fibers of various materials. It comprises a polymer which essentially contains polymerized units of a (meth)acrylate having a polyfluoroalkyl group and polymerized units of a polymerizable monomer which essentially contains a polymerizable unsaturated group and a hydroxyl group and in which the polymerizable unsaturated group and the hydroxyl group are connected to each other through 7 or more covalent bonds, a surfactant which contains a nonionic surfactant in an amount of from 60 to 100 wt %, an aqueous medium, and a cross-linkable compound.

A process for imparting durable water and oil repellency and durable soil release characteristics comprises the application of an aqueous mixture having a water repellent component such as a fluorocarbon polymer and a separate hydrophilic soil release polymer to a textile substrate, followed by a drying step. Optionally, a curing or thermosetting step may also be employed, if desired. This process is carried out in a preferred embodiment in a generally mild pH, which allows the process to be performed on a wide variety of textile substrates that may not be capable of withstanding more extreme pH values. Polyamides, aramids, polyesters, and poly/cotton substrates, when treated according to the present process, have all yielded improved performance with respect to durable water and oil repellency and durable soil release characteristics. A novel mixture or bath and novel treated substrates are also disclosed.

The present invention is directed to polymeric treatment preparations for textiles and other fibrous substrates that impart water and oil repellency to fibers, yarns, textiles, or other fibrous substrates. More particularly, this invention comprises an aqueous solution, emulsion or suspension of (a) a fluorinated polymer that contains reactive groups that can complex with metal atoms that have a formal charge of 2 or greater, and (b) one or more metal atoms that have a formal charge of 2 or greater. The invention is further directed to the process for treating fibrous substrates with textile preparations in one step that provide water/soil repellency that is durable to repeated cleanings and to abrasion. This invention is further directed to the yarns, fibers, fabrics, textiles, webs, finished goods, or nonwovens (encompassed herein under the terms “textiles” and “fibrous substrates”) treated with the textile-reactive water- and soil-resistant preparation of the invention. Such fibrous substrates exhibit a greatly improved, durable water and soil repellency or resistance, even after multiple launderings.

The present invention relates generally to substrates that exhibit useful, auto adaptable surface energy properties that depend on the environment of the substrate. Such surface energy properties provide relatively high advancing and receding contact angles for liquids when in contact with the target substrate surface. The substrates exhibit low surface energy quantities of at most about 20 millijoules per square meter (mJ/m²) at a temperature of about 25 degrees C. and a surface energy greater than about 20 mJ/m² at, or with exposure to, a temperature of about 40 degrees C. More specifically, encompassed within the present invention are textile substrates having this highly desirable unique surface energy modification property and which exhibit wash durable oil and water repellency and stain release features. Novel compositions and formulations that impart such surface energy modifications to substrates are also encompassed within this invention, as well as methods for producing such treated substrates.

A functionalized silicone with perfluorinated polyorganosiloxanes (POS) Rf is used to produce coatings with low surface energy and improved adherence to supports. The compositions include a group POS A bearing, per molecule, bis-perfluoromalonate grafts Gf, functional radicals Fa of the amine (HALS) fa1, epoxy fa2, (poly)ether fa3, carboxy fa4 type, and optionally alkyl groups Galk. The invention is useful for producing soil release coatings for textiles.

The invention discloses an ultraviolet curing reaction-based fluoride-free and water-repellent finishing method of cotton fabric. The method comprises the steps of putting the cotton fabric into 3-mercaptopropyl triethoxysilane ethyl acetate solution and carrying out mercapto modification to obtain pretreated cotton fabric; dipping the cotton fabric subjected to mercapto modification into vinyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane solution, and obtaining the fluoride-free and water-repellent cotton fabric, which has a surface with an approximate super-hydrophobic effect, under the ultraviolet curing condition. The reaction is based on the principle of click chemistry, so that a static contact angle is basically remained unchanged after soaping treatment is carried out. Furthermore, according to a test method of AATCC 22-2005 waterproof spray test, the waterproof spray test score of the cotton fabric subjected to water-repellent finishing reaches 95. The ultraviolet curing reaction-based fluoride-free and water-repellent finishing method of the cotton fabric is simple in operation and high in efficiency, obvious in water-repellent effect under the condition that a finishing agent is fluoride-free, and high in finishing washing fastness.

The invention relates to the technical field of softening agents, in particular to a ternary polymerization block polyether amino silicon oil softening agent. The structural formula is shown in the description, wherein R=-CH2CH2CH2, -CH3 or -CH2CH3, R'=C1-22 alkane, PO=OC3H6, EO=OC2H4, a and b are any integer from 5 to 24, c is any integer from 10 to 60, and n is any integer from 10 to 60. Yellowing, instability and hydrophobicity of ordinary amino silicon oil are overcome, fabric has excellent hand feeling, hydrophilia, washability and stability, and the softening agent is suitable for various kinds of pure cotton fabric, cotton-polyester blended fabric, wool and other kinds of fabric.

A textile having durability of maintaining water- and sufficient oil-repellency and soil releasability before and after cleaning can be obtained by a method of preparing a treated textile, having steps of: (1) preparing a treatment liquid containing a water- and oil-repellent agent, (2) adjusting pH of the treatment liquid to at most 7, preferably at most 3, (3) applying the treatment liquid to a textile, (4) treating the textile with steam, and (5) washing the textile with water and dehydrating the textile, wherein the water- and oil-repellent agent is an emulsion containing a fluorine-containing compound and an emulsifier, the fluorine-containing compound is a fluorine-containing polymer and/or a fluorine-containing low molecular weight compound, and the emulsifier contains an anionic surface active agent having pKa of at least 2.

A water and oil repellent composition having excellent durability, which can impart excellent water and oil repellency to an object, even in a process at low temperatures, and which enables water and oil repellent treatment providing a soft hand. A water and oil repellent composition which comprises, as an essential component, a copolymer containing polymerization units of the following monomer (a) and polymerization units of the following monomer (b):

• • monomer (a): an R^f group-containing monomer which forms a photopolymer having no melting point or a melting point of at most 55° C. attributable to fine crystals derived from the R^f groups and having a glass transition point of at least 20° C.
  • monomer (b): a monomer having no R^f group and having a cross-linkable functional group.

The present invention relates to monomers and polymers of Formula (I):

where R³ is selected from H or a C₁ to C₄ alkyl group; Y is selected from O or a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group; A is a linear or branched C₁ to C₁₀ alkylene group; w is 0 or 1; v is 0 or 1; y is 0 or 1; X is the residue of a cyclic or acyclic sugar alcohol which is substituted with at least one —R¹; —C(O)R¹; —(CH₂CH₂O)_n(CH(CH₃)CH₂O)_mR²; —(CH₂CH₂O)_n(CH(CH₃)CH₂O)_mC(O)R¹; each n is independently 0 to 20; each m is independently 0 to 20; each R¹ is independently a linear or branched alkyl group having 9 to 29 carbons optionally comprising at least 1 unsaturated bond; and each R² is independently —H, a linear or branched alkyl group having 6 to 30 carbons optionally comprising at least 1 unsaturated bond, or mixtures thereof.

The present invention provides polymer particles being capable of stably maintaining a hydrophobic protecting agent for skin and/or hair and a method of treating fibers by the polymer particles. It is polymer particles having a volume average particle diameter of 0.001 to 30 mum, which comprises an organic high-molecular polymer (a) as the wall membrane and a hydrophobic -protecting agent for skin and/or hair (b) as the core material, or chitosan and a polymer of an organic acid having reactive vinyl group and/or a salt thereof as the membrane wall and the protecting agent (b) as the core material; a fiber-treating agent comprising said polymer particles; fiber having said polymer particles present continuously or discontinuously on the surface thereof; or a fiber-treating method which comprises bringing said polymer particles or said fiber-treating agent into contact with fiber.

Excellent water- and oil-repellency performances resulting from low temperature curing are achieved by an aqueous dispersion type fluorine-containing water- and oil-repellent composition containing a polymer of a perfluoroalkyl group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer dispersed in an aqueous medium, wherein the composition contains a nonionic surfactant having an HLB value of at most 11 and a cationic surfactant, and a homopolymer of at lest one monomer constituting the polymer has Tg of at most 50° C.