...Hejun Nie; Jianhong Jia; Yuanbin She; Mingyan Li Purpose Pigments, as essential colorants, are extensively used in industries such as coatings, inks and plastics. However, the dispersibility of pigments during application critically affects their performance. Therefore, it is crucial to enhance...

... of them was at an acceptable level. Originality/value Prodigiosin extracted from S. marcescens can be used as a bioactive compound to design and manufacture of anti-biofouling and anti-biofilm formation products to use extensively for industrial applications as a natural color in marine...

... and Lin, 1998). Colorant Textiles Natural resources Environmentally friendly Flavonoid Dyeing of PES/Wo blend fabric was done by a one bath dyeing method using semi-synthetic dyes. A stock solution of dyes was made by dissolving it in N,N-dimethyl formamide (DMF) solution. The dyeing...

... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Antioxidants Colorant Pigments Pharmaceuticals industry Antimicrobial HPLC Alkaline-based extraction Turmeric Zingiberaceae MOHE and IIUM PRIGS18-001-0001 In Scheme 1...

... to possess high hardness, high coverage power, high coloration and insolubility. They usually lead to high thermal stability; high quality and are chemically and mechanically stable (Ahmed et al., 2008 ; Ahmed and Selim , 2010a, 2010b ; Abd El-Ghaffar et al., 2010). Traditional...

... 20 11 2016 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Colorant Thermoplastics Fluorescent brightener Fluorescent dye Stilbene Fluorescent dyes are a kind of functional dyes which are capable of emitting fluorescence. Most...

... cost reduction of paint formulations. Properties that can be modified by choice of kaolin extender are opacifying performance, gloss, color, gel strength and low shear viscosity (Lu et al., 2009 ; Panda et al., 2010 ; Vesely et al., 2012). Core-shell particles...

... diffraction (XRD), differential thermal gravity (DTG) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The performance of white inks from this colorant was further investigated. Findings Nanoscale copolymer-SiO₂ had a core-shell structure with about 45 nm encapsulated copolymer layer when...

... of an organic semiconductor clearly demonstrates an obvious correlation between the activation energy measured by the conductivity–temperature or by the absorption spectra (Brutting et al., 2012). Similarly, the color of an organic material is dependent on its band gap or activation energy. Encouraged...

.... The photodegradation efficiency of three consecutive cycles was calculated and compared to determine their stability under repeated runs. Environmental impact Nanotechnology Colorant Semiconductors Advanced oxidation processes using heterogeneous semiconductor photocatalysis is a promising approach...

... of the prepared dyestuffs for traditional printing on polyester and polyamide fabrics has been investigated. The prints obtained using the synthesised dyes were found to possess high colour strength and excellent overall fastness properties but relatively low light fastness. Research limitations/implications...

...S. Mohajer; R.M. Taha; S.Z. Azmi Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the most dominant pigment of pomegranate explants for natural color coatings and detect the presence of phytochemical constituents and comparison of the antioxidant activities. Design/methodology/approach...

... mordant was alum, which was used in the pre-mordant method. Different shades were obtained by varying dye concentration in the binary mixture. The effect of tannin on absorption behaviour of binary mixture of natural dyes was investigated by spectral reflectance and colour parameters of dyed samples...

... Additives Chemical properties Colorant Resins Synthesis Polymeric dyes are intrinsically or structurally coloured polymers, they possess the inherent properties of both organic dyes and polymeric materials (Marechal, 1982 ; Huang and Chen, 2006 ; Maradiya and Patel, 2002). Due...