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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1C1D1E">Inthis study, wool fabrics having temperature sensitive shape memory effect werefabricated </span><span style="color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">byusing a functional finishing treatment, shape-memory-polyurethanes (SMPU). The </span><span style="color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">contributionof SMPU treatment on bagging recovery of wool fabric, crucial for its end use </span><span style="color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">performance,was investigated by a test procedure including hot water conditions simulating</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1C1D1E">laundryof garments. Characterization of the treated fabric was conducted by FT-IR andSEM </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(28, 29, 30);">analysesand effect of finishing on hand characteristics was investigated by bendingrigidity </span><span style="color: rgb(28, 29, 30); font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">test.FT-IR spectra and SEM images confirmed the existence of SMPU polymer on woolfabric. SMPU treatment significantly increased weight and rigidity of thefabrics as expected. Most notably, SMPU treated wool fabric samples exhibitedexcellent temperature sensitive bagging recovery when compared to raw andcommercial polyurethane treated fabric.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><o:p></o:p></p> |
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