Development of reinforced composite materials with a nanoporous textile substrate and a brush-structured polymer interfacial layer

Abstract

A method for controlling the elastic deformation properties of polymer‒fiber composites was developed. The rigidity of the material is increased by the penetration of the reinforcing polymer into the pore structure of the textile substrate to form а branched interfacial layer. The nanoparticle size distribution in the polymer hydrosol products was analyzed by dynamic light scattering, the porosity of fibrous materials was measured by low temperature of adsorption and desorption of nitrogen vapor, and the polymer‒polymer interactions were studied by IR spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. The method was implemented in the development of a new range of garment interfacings and allowed solution of engineering problems associated with imparting to garments a complex geometric shape and its retention in wear.