Pigment & Resin Technology: Volume 45 Issue 4

A simple approach for the synthesis of coumarin fluorescent dyes under microwave irradiation and their application in textile printing

G.H. Elgemeie, K.A. Ahmed, E.A. Ahmed, M.H. Helal, D.M. Masoud

The purpose of this study is to successfully implement microwave irradiation for the rapid synthesis of novel fluorescent dyes. The prepared dyes are then applied for printing of…

Synthesis of curcumin catalyzed by KF/Al2O3

Lihong Gao, Jiang Chen, Jun Zheng, Haiyan Zhang

The purpose of the study reported in this paper is to synthesis curcumin, which was reported to possess broad pharmacological effects and excellent dyeing properties, via…

A series of new organic sensitisers for dye-sensitised solar cells

Mozhgan Hosseinnezhad

Dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSCs) have attracted a great deal of interest. Dye molecules are key materials in DSSCs that produce electrons. This study reports on synthesis of the…

Investigation on the mechanical and electrical properties of multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWNCTs) based isotropic conductive adhesives

R. Durairaj, Lim Seow Pheng, Liew Jian Ping

The purpose of this paper is to characterise the electrical and mechanical properties of multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)-based isotropic conductive adhesives (ICAs). The paper…

Preparation and characterization of carboxymethyl chitosan hydrogel

E.Y. Yan, X.Y. Hao, M.L. Cao, Y.M. Fan, D.Q. Zhang, W. Xie, J.P. Sun, S.Q. Hou

The purpose of the study reported in this paper was to investigate the process for the preparation of carboxymethyl chitosan (CMCS) hydrogel and to characterize such a hydrogel…

Dyeing of polyamide fibre with cochineal natural dye

A. Shams Nateri, E. Dehnavi, A. Hajipour, E. Ekrami

The aim of the paper was to study the effects of mordanting methods on the absorption behaviour of cochineal natural dye on polyamide fibres.

Synthesis and properties of novel self-crosslinked cationic fluorinated acrylic latex prepared with novel emulsified system

Wen Li, Zhongbin Bao, Lijun Chen, Dongshun Deng

At present, the conventional method of preparing cationic fluorinated acrylic latex is to emulsify copolymerised monomers with cationic surfactants. However, there has been a wide…

Effect of stoichiometric ratios for synthesized epoxy phenolic novolac (EPN) resins on their physicochemical, thermomechanical and morphological properties

Abhishek Das, Gautam Sarkhel

The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of various stoichiometric ratios for synthesised epoxy phenolic novolac (EPN) resins on their physicochemical, thermomechanical…

Synergistic inhibition of aluminium corrosion in H2SO4 solution by polypropylene glycol in the presence of iodide ions

Moses M. Solomon, Saviour A. Umoren, Aniekemeabasi U. Israel, Idongesit G. Etim

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the performance of polypropylene glycol (PPG), as a corrosion inhibitor for aluminium corrosion in 0.5 M H₂SO₄ solution at 303-333 K and…

Effective identification of paints pigments in hit-and-run cases with confocal Raman microscope

J.G. Lv, S. Liu, J.M. Feng, Y. Liu, S.D. Zhou, R. Chen

The purpose of this paper is to identify different automotive coatings using Confocal Raman microscope which could hardly be differentiated with Fourier transform infrared…