Enhancing the surface properties of linen by
non-thermal atmospheric air-plasma treatment

• Authors: Orsolya Erzsébet Szabó , Emília Csiszár , András Tóth
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Keywords

EN

Hydrophilicity; Wetting; Wicking; Surface chemical composition; Ageing of plasma effects

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Chemistry
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 1

Dates

accepted

15 - 4 - 2014

online

22 - 12 - 2014

received

31 - 1 - 2014

Contributors

author

Orsolya Erzsébet Szabó

• Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, H-1521 Budapest, P.O. Box 91, Hungary

author

Emília Csiszár

• Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, H-1521 Budapest, P.O. Box 91, Hungary

author

András Tóth

• Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Pusztaszeri út 59-67. H-1025 Budapest, Hungary

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/chem-2015-0068