Plasma coated fabrics, clothing, clothing accessories, textiles or footwear

摘要

Disclosed is an item selected from: (a) footwear; or (b) a piece of fashion or sports clothing, a clothing accessory, or a household textile, comprising a fabric selected from silks, satins, wool, wool blends, leather and suede, linen, or a fine synthetic fabric; having a polymeric coating formed by exposing said item or a material or yarn from which the item is constructed, to a pulsed plasma comprising a compound of formula (I), where R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl or aryl optionally substituted by halo; and R4 is a group X-R5 where R5 is an alkyl or haloalkyl group and X is a bond; a group of formula -C(O)O-, -C(O)O(CH2)nY- where n is an integer of from 1 to 10 and Y is a bond or a sulphonamide group; or a group -(O)pR6(O)q(CH2)t- where R6 is aryl optionally substituted by halo, p is 0 or 1, q is 0 or 1 and t is 0 or an integer of from 1 to 10, provided that where q is 1, t is other than 0, for a sufficient period of time to allow a protective polymeric layer to form on the surface of the item, material or yarn. Items of this type are protected from contamination by a wide number of liquids, including environmental hazards such as rain water and water based liquids as well as some oily liquids. They are also fade and odour resistant and are suitable for enhancing colour fastness of such fabric and articles made from them.