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New Trends in Natural Dyes for Textiles

  • 1st Edition - January 14, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Padma Shree Vankar, Dhara Shukla
  • Language: English

New Trends in Natural Dyes for Textiles addresses 20 natural dyes that are finding innovative uses in industry and academia. It comprehensively addresses issues relating to natura… Read more

Description

New Trends in Natural Dyes for Textiles addresses 20 natural dyes that are finding innovative uses in industry and academia. It comprehensively addresses issues relating to natural dyes and dyeing problems, including efficient extraction and standardization of dyes, dyes structure, dyes characterization and identification. Readers working in the dyeing of textiles will learn how to improve practices to minimize environmental pollution, avoid bad dyeing, and select the best mordants to fix colorant compounds. Key benefits of natural dyes over synthetic are examined in detail, providing readers with an understanding of the importance of natural dyes and the proper methods for applying them.

Key features

  • Provides suitable extraction processes for each of the 20 dyes described
  • Offers complete and practical coverage of the whole dyeing process, from source selection to post-treatments
  • Covers practical advice on the application of these dyes to cotton, silk and wool

Readership

Textile colorists from industry and academia, including dye technicians, and those engaged in textile dye research and development

Table of contents

1. Newer Natural Dyes for Various Textiles

2. Isolation and Characterization of the Colorant Molecules From Each Dye Plant

3. Structure-Mordant Interaction and the Use of Biomordants and Enzymes

4. Dyeing Application of Newer Natural Dyes on Cotton Silk and Wool With Fastness Properties, CIE Lab Values, and Shade Card

5. Medicinal Properties of Natural Dye Plants

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 14, 2019
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Padma Shree Vankar

Dr. Padma Shree Vankar holds a Ph.D in organic chemistry and has over 25 years' experience in natural dyeing. She is currently working as Head in the Somaiya Centre of Excellence in Analytical and Measurement Sciences, Somaiya Vidyavihar University, India. Dr. Vankar's current research is in the characterization of newer natural dyes and designing synthetic strategies for eco-friendly dyes. She has written 8 books in the field, handled 10 major research projects on natural dyes, published 170 research publications and made one documentary film on process development in vegetable dyeing. Pankar has one Indian Patent granted on natural dye.
Affiliations and expertise
Head of Shimadzu, Somaiya Centre of Excellence in Analytical and Measurement Sciences, India

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Dhara Shukla

Dr. Dhara Shukla currently works at the Facility of Ecological and Analytical testing, Indian Institute of Technology, India. She previously worked as a Senior Research Associate at the FEAT Laboratory, IIT Kanpur and as Chief Chemist in a Private company Shree R International. Dr. Shukla completed her CSIR fellowship of Research Associate in March 31st 2012 (on Bio Nano Particles from various Plant Extracts and their characterization). Her research interesting include dyeing with newer natural dyes, Nanochemistry and its application in textiles and heavy metal mitigation with fungal and other biotic sources. Dr. Shukla has co-authored 3 books in the field and published 19 research papers.
Affiliations and expertise
Facility for Ecological and Analytical Testing, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

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