Natural Dyeing and Antimicrobial Functionalization of Wool Fabrics Dyed with Chinese Dragon Fruit Extract to Enhance Sustainable Textiles
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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
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2024-08-09
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15
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Sustainability (Switzerland), Volume 16, issue 16
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Recently, the natural dyeing process has achieved great importance in the textile wet processing industry due to its clean dyeing, eco-friendliness, and nontoxicity in nature. In the above research project, a unique natural dye extracted from dragon fruit was applied to wool fabric using various mordanting agents to encourage the use of natural dyes and lessen the negative environmental effects caused by synthetic dyeing. The color characteristics (K/S), fastness properties, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), absorption spectra, and thermal and ultraviolet (UV) resistance of the extracted dye and dyed wool samples were tested and characterized. The K/S values of the dyed wool fabrics were between 5.75 and 13.29. The color fastness ratings obtained from the dyed wool fabric were found to be between good and excellent. Hence, the overall results proved that the novel natural dye obtained from dragon fruit can be utilized for dyeing wool material for the production of eco-friendly and sustainable antimicrobial textiles.Description
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antibacterial, dragon fruit, mordanting, natural dyeing, textiles, wool
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Sadannavar, M K, Periyasamy, A, Islam, S R, Shafiq, F, Dong, X & Zhao, T 2024, ' Natural Dyeing and Antimicrobial Functionalization of Wool Fabrics Dyed with Chinese Dragon Fruit Extract to Enhance Sustainable Textiles ', Sustainability (Switzerland), vol. 16, no. 16, 6832 . https://doi.org/10.3390/su16166832