Development of new characteristics for cellulosic natural fibers as textile fibers by the oxidative modification of their surface

为了开发纤维性天然纤维的新特性，在温和的条件下对棉纤维和苎麻纤维进行了化学氧化。在pH9.5 ~ 10.5的极温和碱性条件下，用TEMPO处理棉织物，发现棉织物获得了与苎麻织物相似的新特性。TEMPO是一种将伯醇氧化为羧基的氧化剂。目前，仍需改善处理条件，以减少强度性能的损失。对苎麻和苎麻-棉混纺织物也进行了类似的处理，并对其性能进行了评价。

In order to develop new characteristics for cellulosic natural fibers, such as cotton and lamie as textile fibers, those fibers were chemically oxidized under the mild conditions. When cotton fabrics were treated with TEMPO which is known to be a oxidizing agent for a primary alcohol to a carboxylic acid group under a very mild alkaline condition from pH9.5 to 10.5, those were found to obtain new characteristics similar to lamie fabrics. At this moment, it is still need to improve the treatment conditions for the decreased loss of the strength properties.Lamie and lamie-cotton mixed fabrics were also treated under the similar conditions and their characteristics were evaluated.