...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...

..., i.e. p- nitro aniline and p-anisidine, using standard methods (Fierz-David and Blangey, 1949). Scheme 2 signifies the possible reaction scheme for the diazotization of selected primary amines. Colorant Textiles Natural resources Environmentally friendly Flavonoid...

... was covered and placed in a dark cabinet at room temperature for 40 min before the absorbance analysis was done using UV–VIS spectrophotometer at 517 nm. Antioxidants Colorant Pigments Pharmaceuticals industry Antimicrobial HPLC Alkaline-based extraction Turmeric Zingiberaceae MOHE...

... other than paints (e.g. paper, rubber and plastics composites). Coatings Pigments Colorant Ferrites Corrosion prevention Inorganic compounds Film properties Anticorrosive pigments Epoxy coatings Various pigments were examined using JEOL JX 1230 technique with micro-analyzer electron...

... 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 of their structures contain aromatic polycyclic, heterocycles or vinyl units. Because...

.... Nivin M. Ahmed can be contacted at: niviahmed@yahoo.com 17 05 2016 14 07 2016 19 09 2016 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Coatings Pigments Environment-friendly Colorant Epoxy resins Corrosion Corrosion...

... 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...

... 01 2016 23 02 2016 07 03 2016 29 03 2016 17 04 2016 21 05 2016 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Colorant Humidity High gravity Centrifugation Copper phthalocyanine Drop-casting Figure 3...

... photodegradation mechanism of RhB by ZnO-MnO₂ CSN. Environmental impact Nanotechnology Colorant Semiconductors Figure 1 XRD pattern of (a) ZnO nanoparticles and ZnO-MnO₂ CSNs and (b) magnified XRD pattern of ZnO-MnO₂ CSNs As shown in Figure 2(a) , the ZnO...

... 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...

... calorimeter in the temperature range of 0°C-300°C under N₂ atmosphere at a heating rate of 10°C/minute. The synthetic route of 8GFF-based coumarin containing polycondensable fluorescent dyes is shown in Scheme 1. Dyes Polymers Additives Chemical properties Colorant Resins...