A method for grafting functional chemical groups on a textile substrate, said method comprising the steps of impregnating said textile substrate with a solution of a functional molecule comprising a functional chemical group and a reactive group in ionising radiation, and a surfactant molecule which is capable of improving the wettability of the textile substrate by said solution, which surfactant molecule comprises at least two types of reactive groups in ionising radiation, and applying ionising radiation on the impregnated textile substrate to graft functional molecules by means of coupling with the surfactant molecules and by means of a reaction of the reactive groups.