...Md Rayhan Islam Naeem; Musharrat Tasnim Soumeen Purpose This paper aims to investigate the process of solvent dyeing cotton using reactive dyes as a sustainable alternative to traditional water-based dyeing operations. The goal is to give a view of its viability, constraints, potential...

...-walled microcapsule comprising thermochromic system, produced by the complex coacervation method (CCM), was applied to cotton fabric by pad-dry-cure. The thermochromic and thermoregulatory properties of the fabric were determined through the colour measurement and T-History test, respectively...

...Sirisha Deepthi Sornapudi; Meenu Srivastava; Srinivas Manchikatla; Samuel Thavaraj H.; Senthil Kumar B. Purpose Natural extracts produced with Annona squamosa and Moringa oleifera leaves through the methanol-based solvent were coated on 100% cotton and 80%:20% polyester/cotton blends to improve...

... blends containing hollow fibres, bamboo and cotton/polyester waste on the mechanical properties of the produced fabrics and the appropriate end use. Design/methodology/approach This research included two blends: one consisted of cotton/polyester wastes blended with bamboo and the other to which...

...Haymanot Enawgaw Purpose The purpose of this paper is to give compiled information on previously applied cotton fabric surface modifications. The paper covered most of the modifications done on cotton fabric to improve its properties or to add some functional properties. The paper presented mostly...

...Prapti Behera; Sanjukta Aravind; Balaji Seetharaman Purpose Bales of cotton run through the gins and textile mill instruments, stick to them and make it cumbersome for the ginning mill workers. This is so because more time and money have to be invested in cleaning these instruments. The stickiness...

...Ashis Mitra Purpose Cotton fibre lots are graded and selected for yarn spinning based on their quality value which is a function of certain fibre properties. Cotton grading and selection has created a domain of emerging interest among the researchers. Several researchers have addressed the said...

... developed to appease CTS patients and surgery is also very common among them. Carpal tunnel Syndrome Comfort Cotton Knitted fabric Smart glove Figure 1. Flow diagram of the methodology The first person to perform carpal tunnel release surgery was Galloway (1924...

...Chirato Godana Korra Purpose This paper aims to prevent cotton textiles from fungi damage using eco-friendly aloe vera leaf extract, which was applied at a minimum amount, and cost-effective material. Design/methodology/approach Batch extraction method using methanol solvent; phytochemical...

...Seung-Eun Lee Purpose This study aims to explore whether fabric contents, specifically cotton and polyester, possess particular personality dimensions, as posited by Aaker ( 1997 ). The author examined both explicit (conscious, deliberate) and implicit (unconscious, automatic) perceptions of brand...

... cellulose fibre surface and impart desired properties. The purpose of this paper is therefore to investigate the influence of gin trash cultured bacteria eps on the physical and structural properties of cotton fibres. Design/methodology/approach Gin trash soil sample was collected from a ginnery...

.... Immobilization allows the recovery of enzymes to use them as realistic biocatalyst. This study aims to recover and reuse of α-amylase for desizing of cotton via immobilization. Design/methodology/approach This paper investigates the application of α-amylase immobilized on Chitosan and Eudragit S-100...

...Pragnya Kanade; Bharat H. Patel Purpose The main purpose of taking up this work was to see the influence of metallic nanoparticles on various fabric properties. This paper emphasizes on mechanical, aesthetic and anti-bacterial properties of the polyester, cotton and polyester cotton-blended fabric...

...Sunita Dixit Cellulases and swelling agents are known to be effective in improving the colour strength of cotton. Nowadays, handloom fabrics, such as khadi cotton, are much more preferred due to the development of innovative designs with their use and their comfort in wearing. Also, due...

...C.F. Lam; C.W. Kan; S.P. Ng; C.K. Chan As a significant amount of water, chemicals and energy are incurred in the preparation process of cotton materials, the handling of waste water and the associated chemical disposal is costly and the side effects that are resultant of the wastes affect...

... = 0/100, 20/80, 40/60, 60/40 and 80/20 mole/mole %). The deposition of FPEI from an aqueous solution onto the surface of cotton and wool fibres is studied. The adsorption of a charged polymer from an aqueous medium by cotton and wool fibres is investigated at different pH values, and the uptake...

...-vinylcaprolactam) (PVCL), Microgel, Deposition, Cotton, Wool, Hair, SEM and Gloss Index 1. Introduction Microgels play an important role in living systems and are of broad interest for a large variety of industrial products (e.g. as storage and separation media) (Kratz et al., 2001). In recent years, microgels...

... (Akkshata), on cotton and polyester fabrics was studied with respect to water and oil repellency. All the finish agents exhibited excellent water- and oil-repellent properties on both kinds of fabrics. The contact angle of water on the finished cotton and polyester fabrics was found to be ≥ 140° Nuva HPU...

...N.F. Ali; S. Shakra; Y.A. Youssef; T.S. Aysha New disazo and polyazo ureido reactive dyes incorporating different reactive systems were synthesized and applied to cotton fabric by the exhaust dyeing method. Different factors affecting the dye ability and fastness properties of such dyes...

...Ijaz A. Bhatti; Shahid Adeel; Safia Rani; Tahsin Gulzar; Saima Naz; H.F. Mansour The efficiency of UV radiation on boiled aqueous and alkaline extracts of Eucalyptus bark powder has been determined. Irradiated and un-irradiated cotton fabrics were used to study the dyeing parameters...