Research Journal of Textile and Apparel: Volume 13 Issue 1

Effect of Hair Damage on Colour Uptake and Colour Fastness

S.Y. Cheng, C.W.M. Yuen, C.W. Kan, K.K.L. Cheuk

Furthering our previous study on damage to hair, this paper investigates the effects of three different hair damaging treatments on colouration effects with an oxidizing…

New Methods for Objective Evaluation of Fabric Pilling by Frequency Domain Image Processing

Stuart Palmer, Junmin Zhang, Xungai Wang

Fabric pilling is a serious problem for the apparel industry. Resistance to pilling is normally tested by simulated accelerated wear and manual assessment of degree of pilling…

Bioallethrin – Based Cotton Finishing to Impart Long – Lasting Toxic Activity Against Mosquitoes

A. Hebeish, I.A. Hamdy, S.M. EL–Sawy, F.A. Abdel –Mohdy

The chemical treatment of cotton fabric with bioallethrin to impart a toxic effect against mosquitoes is thoroughly investigated. The treatment is carried out either by an…

Optimization of Dyeing Performance of an Eco Friendly Natural Dye “Vervain Barks” applied to Silk Fabrics at Different pH Values

E.S. Al-Amoudi, E.M. Osman

The present study is carried out to optimize the dyeing conditions for silk fabrics using a new natural dye, Vervain barks at different pH values in the absence of mordants. Also…

Mathematical Modeling of Transport of Inkjet-Printed Suspensions into Textiles

Paul Calvert, Poonam Chitnis

A model is presented for the flow of inkjet-printed fluids into textiles based on capillary flow between fibers and diffusion of solvent into the fibers. Dispersions of PEDOT…

Improvement on Hydrophobicity of Synthetic Textiles by Plasma Treatment – A Review

C.H. Kwong, S.P. Ng

Cationic dyes exhibit high exhaustion towards protein fibres, such as wool and silk, due to ionic interactions but they show little substantivity onto cellulosic and…

Improvement on Hydrophobicity of Synthetic Textiles by Plasma Treatment – A Review

M.H. Abo-Shosha, F.A. Nassar, K.M. Haggag, Z. El-Sayed, A.G. Hassabo

Condensates of stearic (St), palmitic (Pa) or myristic (My) acids with polyethylene glycols (PEG) 300, 400, 600, 2000 or 6000, are utilized as emulsifiers for kerosene ∓ in �…

Improvement on Hydrophobicity of Synthetic Textiles by Plasma Treatment – A Review

Filipa Lopes, Jorge Neves, Ana Campos, Radim Hrdina

Microencapsulated organic thermochromic pigments may have varied industrial applications, such as in windows and greenhouse roofs. Two black coloured commercial microencapsulated…