简介：DyeingofPETmaterialsbytraditionalmethodspresentsseveralproblems.Plasmatechnologyhasreceivedenormousattentionasasolutionfortheenvironmentalproblemsrelatedwithtextilesurfacemodifications,andtherehasbeenarapiddevelopmentandcommercializationofplasmatechnologyoverthepastdecade.Inthiswork,thesynergisticeffectofatmosphericpressureplasmaonalkalineetchinganddeepcoloringofdyeingpropertiesonpolyethyleneterephthalate(PET)fabricsandfilmswasinvestigated.ThetopographicalchangesofthePETsurfacewereinvestigatedbyatomicforcemicroscopy(AFM)images,whichrevealedasmoothsurfacemorphologyoftheuntreatedsamplewhereasahighsurfaceroughnessfortheplasmaand/oralkalinetreatedsamples.TheeffectsofatmosphericpressureplasmaonalkalineetchingofthestructureandpropertiesofPETwereinvestigatedbymeansofdifferentialscanningcalorimetry(DSC),themainobjectiveofperformingDSCwastoinvestigatetheeffectoftheplasmapre-treatmentontheT_gandT_m.UsingatensilestrengthtesterYG065HandfollowingastandardprocedurethemaximumforceandelongationatmaximumforceofPETmaterialswasinvestigated.Oxygenandargonplasmapre-treatmentwasfoundtoincreasethePETfabricweightlossrate.ThecolorstrengthofPETfabricswasincreasedbyvariousplasmapre-treatmenttimes.ThepenetrationofplasmaandalkalinereactivespeciesdeepintothePETstructureresultsinbetterdyeabilityandleavesasignificanteffectontheK/Svaluesoftheplasmapre-treatedPET.Itindicatedthatplasmapre-treatmenthasagreatsynergisticeffectwiththealkalinetreatmentofPET.