The Preparation of Fluorine-Containing Soil Release Polymer and Its Application in Fabric Treatment Agents

Abstract

The fluorine-containing soil-release polymer was prepared by radical polymerization. This was used as the fabric treatment agents to improve water/oil repellency and soil release property because soil release polymer is oleophobic in air/water and hydrophilic in water. The dual function is based on interface rearrangement of the oleophobic and hydrophilic segments in air and water. The micro-phase separation by environmental response was investigated by transmission electron microscopy(TEM) and atomic force microscopy(AFM). For the evaluation of the water/oil repellency and soil release property, we used the AATCC test method.