New Trends in Natural Dyes for Textiles. The Textile Institute Book Series

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

Authors

Padma Shree Vankar Research Advisor, Bombay Textile Research Association (BTRA), India. Padma Shree Vankar is a Research Advisor at Bombay Textile Research Association (BTRA), India. She had previously worked as consultant at the Facility for Ecological and Analytical Testing (FEAT), Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Dr. Vankar has been conducting research into textile dyes and colorants for more than 30 years and working in the field of natural dyeing for the past 14 years. She has published 130 peer-reviewed articles and six books and has obtained an Indian patent relating to natural dye. Besides lecturing and guiding PhD students when she was at IIT Kanpur, she delivers training programs to industrial dye technicians and has been involved in the production of three documentaries. Dhara Shukla Senior Research Associate, FEAT Laboratory, IIT Kanpur, India. Dhara Shukla is a Senior Research Associate at the FEAT Laboratory, IIT Kanpur. Her research is focused on dyeing, with newer Natural dyes, Nanochemistry and its application in textiles and Heavy metal mitigation with fungal and other biotic sources.