Compositions for the treatment of articles, and articles treated therefrom
A composition for the treatment of fiber, yarn and fabrics, said composition comprising at least one highly dispersible clay nanoparticle component, at least one silicone polymer component; and water. Also provided is fiber surface treated with these compositions as well as articles including yarns, fabrics and carpets of the surface treated fiber.
1. A fiber comprising a surface treatment, wherein the surface treatment comprises:
a) at least one highly dispersible clay nanoparticle component, wherein the at least one highly dispersible clay nanoparticle component is present in a range from about 0.01 percent to about 5 percent on weight of fiber (OWF); and
b) at least one epoxy-modified silicone polymer component.
2. The fiber of claim 1 wherein the at least one highly dispersible clay nanoparticle component comprises clay nanoparticles selected from the group consisting of montmorillonite, hectorite, saponite, nontronite and beidellite and combinations thereof.
3. The fiber of claim 2 wherein the clay nanoparticle is synthetic.
4. The fiber of claim 3 wherein the clay nanoparticle is synthetic hectorite.
5. The fiber of claim 1 wherein the at least one highly dispersible clay nanoparticle component comprises clay nanoparticles with at least one substantially flat surface.
6. The fiber of claim 5 wherein the clay nanoparticles have a diameter in the range of about 10 to about 1000 nm.
7. The fiber of claim 5 wherein the clay nanoparticles have a height in the range of about 0.1 nm to about 10 nm.
8. The fiber of claim 1 wherein the at least one highly dispersible clay nanoparticle component comprises clay nanoparticles with a substantially disc shape.
9. The fiber of claim 1 wherein the fiber is formed from a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyamides, polyesters and polyolefins and combinations thereof.
10. The fiber of claim 9 wherein the polyamide is selected from nylon 6 and nylon 6,6 and combinations thereof.
11. The fiber of claim 1 wherein the epoxy of the epoxy-modified silicone polymer is present in an amount equal to or greater than about 1 weight percent of the epoxy-modified silicone polymer.
12. The fiber of claim 1 wherein the at least one epoxy-modified silicone polymer component is present in a range from about 0.001 to about 0.5 percent OWF.
13. The fiber of claim 1 further comprising at least one surfactant.
14. The fiber of claim 13 wherein the surfactant is nonionic.
15. The fiber of claim 13 wherein the at least one surfactant is present in a range from about 0.001 percent to about 0.1 percent OWF.
16. A yarn formed from the fiber of claim 1 .
17. A fabric formed from the yarn of claim 16 .
18. A carpet formed from the yarn of claim 17 .
19. A soil resistant surface treatment composition for carpeting comprising:
a) a highly dispersible clay nanoparticle component; and
b) an epoxy-modified polymer silicone, wherein the epoxy is a functional moiety of a functional silicone polymer of the epoxy-modified polymer silicone and the epoxy is in an amount equal to or less than about 10 weight percent of the functional silicone polymer.
20. A composition for the treatment of fiber, yarn and fabrics, said composition comprising:
a) at least one highly dispersible clay nanoparticle component;
b) at least one epoxy-modified silicone polymer component, wherein the epoxy of the epoxy-modified silicone polymer is present in a range of about 1 weight percent to about 10 weight percent of the epoxy-modified silicone polymer; and
c) water.
21. The composition of claim 20 further comprising a surfactant.
22. The composition of claim 21 wherein the surfactant is nonionic.
23. The composition of claim 20 wherein the at least one highly dispersible clay nanoparticle component comprises clay nanoparticles selected from the group consisting of montmorillonite, hectorite, saponite, nontronite and beidellite and combinations thereof.
24. The composition of claim 23 wherein the clay nanoparticle is synthetic.
25. The composition of claim 24 wherein the clay nanoparticle is synthetic hectorite.
26. The composition of claim 20 wherein the at least one highly dispersible clay nanoparticle component comprises clay nanoparticles with at least one substantially flat surface.
27. The composition of claim 26 wherein the clay nanoparticles have a diameter in the range of about 10 to about 1000 nm.
28. The composition of claim 26 wherein the clay nanoparticles have a height in the range of about 0.1 nm to about 10 nm.
29. The composition of claim 20 wherein the at least one highly dispersible clay nanoparticle component comprises clay nanoparticles with a substantially disc shape.
30. The composition of claim 20 wherein the epoxy is present in an amount equal to 1 weight percent of the epoxy-modified silicone polymer.
31. The composition of claim 20 wherein the at least one highly dispersible clay nanoparticle component is present in a range from about 5 percent to about 50 percent by weight of total composition, the at least one epoxy-modified silicone polymer component is present in a range from about 0.5 to about 10 percent by weight of total composition and the water is present in a range from about 40 to about 95 percent by weight of total composition.
32. The composition of claim 20 further comprising at least one surfactant.
33. The composition of claim 32 wherein the surfactant is nonionic.
34. The composition of claim 32 wherein the at least one surfactant is present in a range from about 0.1 percent to about 5 percent by weight of total composition.
35. An article treated with the composition of claim 20 .
36. The article of claim 35 selected from the group consisting of a fiber, a yarn, a fabric or a carpet.