Green Chemistry for Sustainable Textiles. Modern Design and Approaches. The Textile Institute Book Series

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Modern Perspectives in textile Industry2. Textile Fibers and Unsustainable Chemical Processes3. Classification of Traditional Processing Chemicals and their Negative Impacts on Product and Environment Quality4. Principles of Green Chemistry and Options for Implementation5. Sustainable Chemistry in Textile Processes 6. Positive impacts of Implementation of Green Chemistry and Clean Technology in Textile Wet Processing7. Emerging Technologies.8. Challenges and Commercialization of Green Chemistry 9. Sustainable Systems in Textile Processing and Chemistry 10. Future trends in Green Chemistry

Authors

Nabil Ibrahim Emeritus Professor, Textile Research Division, National Research Centre (NRC), Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. Nabil Ibrahim is an Emeritus Professor at the Textile Research Division, of the National Research Centre (NRC), Egypt. His main research interests are eco-friendly textile chemical processes and products, potential applications of emerging technologies like Biotechnology, Nanotechnology, Plasma technology in textile processing and their positive impacts on production, human and disposal ecology, multi-functionalization of textile materials, implementation of green chemistry principles for sustainable textile processing. Prof. Ibrahim has published more than 240 papers in peer-reviewed journals, supervised more than 60 Ph.D. and M.Sc. students, planned and implemented more than 50 R&D and industrial projects, is co-author of 9 handbook chapters, and 5 Egyptian patents. Prof. Ibrahim has received several honors, including: El-Nile-State prize, Merit-State and NRC prizes, African Union Kwame Nkrumah award, State Order of Sciences and Arts - First Class, Prof. Mostafa Tolba environment prize. Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA. Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is an adjunct professor and director of laboratories in the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, United States. His research is focused on the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry, and other various industries.