title: Surface properties of bamboo fiber and a comparison with cotton linter fibers.
abstract: In order to understand the different touch senses from bamboo and cotton fibers, the surface properties of bamboo fiber, e.g., the surface free energy, the Lifshitz-van der Waals force, and Lewis acid and base components have been determined using the column wicking technique. Taking the traditional cotton linter fiber as a reference, this paper shows that both these fibers have the similar surface free energies. However, a big difference between these two fibers which has been importantly observed is that the bamboo fiber having greater Lewis acid component seems to be double than the cotton linter fiber. Since water has been found to have such surface property, it is suggested that the bamboo fiber touch in the skin of people may like the touch between water and skin of people. Meanwhile, other surface properties of these two fibers are compared.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Fiber and Polymer Materials, 1882 W. Yan An Rd., 200051 Shanghai, China. sqing@eastday.com
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Dian-Sen
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D032561:Cotton Fiber; D006109:Poaceae; D013499:Surface Properties; D013784:Textiles / Q000032:analysis*