Abstract
This article presents research on the assessment of the impact of surface modification of cotton and polyester fabrics using four techniques (flocking, layer by layer, screen printing and thermal-transfer printing) on their structural, mechanical, biophysical, and sensory properties. Depending on geometry and raw materials of the fabrics, the clothing made of them it is characterized by certain biophysical properties which are intended to protect the human body against external factors, but also against excessive sweating and overheating or cooling down. The aforementioned properties of the modified textiles were determined with: optical microscopy, microcomputed tomography, a tensile testing machine, sweating guarded-hotplate, air permeability tester, and the Kawabata evaluation system. Based on analysis of obtained results, it can be concluded that flocking reduces air permeability the most (−77% for cotton fabric and −99.7% for polyester fabric), and total hand value (−58% and −57%) and increases water vapor resistance the most (+769% and +612%) while the screen printing increases the thermal resistance the most (+119% and +156%) compared to unmodified textiles. It can be concluded that, when modifying textile substrates, the area of modification and their size on clothing products should be carefully selected so as not to adversely affect the feelings of potential wearers.
Highlights
Published: 18 February 2022Utility comfort of clothing can be defined as the state of physiological, sensory, and physical compatibility between a human and the environment in which he lives
In the case of fabrics modified with the flocking technique
The results obtained show that the applied four modifications affect the thickness of the modified fabric, the yarn porosity, and the fabric porosity
Summary
Utility comfort of clothing can be defined as the state of physiological, sensory, and physical compatibility between a human and the environment in which he lives. The biophysical comfort is one of the most important criteria for the evaluation of clothing products, contributing to the heat balance between the human body and the environment in which the user is staying. The heat balance results are mainly from the correct regulation of the temperature of the human body and the correct exchange of heat and moisture between the human skin and the environment. Such an exchange takes place through the clothing. In non-woven fabrics the Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations
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