Research Journal of Textile and Apparel: Volume 12 Issue 1

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Effect of UV Curable Pretreatments on the Color Quality of Inkjet Printed Polyester Fabrics

Qinguo Fan, Hongxia Xue, Yong K. Kim

Woven and knitted polyester fabrics were pretreated with formulations containing waterborne UV curable resins and silica particles to improve inkjet print quality. The selected…

Fading Time Study on Prepared Thymolphthalein, Phenolphthalein and their Mixture Disappearing Ink

S.A. Shama, M.M. El-Molla, Riad F. Basalah, S. El-Sayed Saeed

Disappearing ink was prepared using different concentrations of thymolphthalein, phenolphthalein and their mixture, applying to different types of handwriting surfaces such as…

Prediction of Color Attributes Through Geometrical Modeling

Kavita Mathur, Abdel-Fattah M. Seyam, David Hinks, R. Alan Donaldson

Today, Jacquard woven fabric producers are able to digitally control each warp yarn individually, pre-program the variable pick density and speed for each filling yarn, and…

Dyeing Properties to Wool Fabrics of Catechu Dye Purified by Micro-Filtration Membrane

Xiuliang Hou, Li Wei, Xinlong Zhang, Huihui Wu, Qicheng Zhou, Shan-yuan Wang

Catechu liquor, which is deep brown-red in color, was purified with a micro-filtration membrane and the stability of catechu dye to different levels of temperatures and pH were…

Application of Microbial Transglutaminases in Anti-Crease Finish of Silk Fabric

Xiaorui Tian, Weidong Geo, Hongbo Wang, Bingyao Deng

In this paper, microbial transglutaminase (MTG) was applied to process silk fabric for improving its crease resistance under the prerequisite of maintaining other performances…

Oil Removing of Waste Silk by a Process of Combining Bacteria with Surfactants

Yang Xuexia, Lao Jihong, Chen Hui

The removing of oil from waste silk is carried out widely by microbial fermentation. However, it is difficult to remove the oil completely. In this study, surfactants were used to…

Analysis of Keratin Fibre Damage under Various Surface Treatment Conditions

S.Y. Cheng, C.W.M. Yuen, C.W. Kan, K.K.L. Cheuk

This paper investigates the effect of three different treatments, namely (i) sunlight exposures, (ii) bleaching and (iii) perming on the damage of the keratin fibres (with the use…

Study on Decolouration of Reactive Dyes by Laccase

Li DING, Tieling XING, Guoqiang CHEN

Five different structural reactive dyes (Reactive Brilliant Blue K-3R, Everacion Blue H-ERD, Moderzol Blue FBR, Atuzol Black B and Moderzol Blue HEGN) were treated with laccase…

Study on the Dyed Cotton Fibers Damage in Spinning Processes and its Effect on the Cotton Mélange Yarn Properties

A.R. Moghassem

Grey cotton fibers with a mean fiber length and fineness of 29 mm and 4.2 micronair was pretreated, scoured and dyed. Three ring yarns were spun separately from 100% grey cotton…

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ISSN:

1560-6074

Online date, start – end:

1997

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Gail Taylor