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A special photoluminescent inorganic pigment was used as a tool to protect polypropylene (PP) fibre originality. The effect of pigment content and uniaxial deformation on the supermolecular structure and basic mechanical properties of PP fibres modified with the above-mentioned pigment were investigated, together with its colour performance under a UV lamp. Supermolecular structure parameters, such as birefringence, sound velocity in fibres, crystallinity and the crystallinity index of undrawn and drawn modified PP fibres prepared using a discontinuous technological process, were studied. Mechanical properties such as fi neness, Young’s modulus, tenacity at break and elongation at break of undrawn and drawn modified fibres were evaluated. The obtained experimental results of modified PP fibres were compared with the supermolecular structure and mechanical characteristics of standard unmodified PP fibres prepared under same technological conditions.

Asia’s current dominance of the global production of standard types of chemical fibres requires the sophistication of European fibre and textile products. Modifying the mass or surface of materials using nanotechnologies is one of the most promising ways to ensure the special, mono- and multi-functionally modified fibre properties of clothing and technical textiles. The permanent antimicrobial treatment of fibre mass represents one the most desired functional modifi cations of chemical fibres. It involves the use of an antimicrobial additive masterbatch with the appropriate rheological, colour and processing properties required for the preparation of antimicrobial modified fibres. This article presents the results of our study of the effect of two types of nanoadditives (nanosilica and nanocalcium carbonate) as potential carriers of an AMB active ingredient, and the effect of stearic acid, polyethylene glycol and propylene oxide as various dispersing systems on the rheological, colour and processing properties of polypropylene nanoadditive masterbatches. The obtained experimental results are evaluated in terms of the suitability of the properties of prepared nanoadditive masterbatches for the preparation of nanocomposite polypropylene fibres.