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Eco-friendly Coloration and Functionalization of Textile Using Plant Extracts

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Chemical processing of textiles starting from preparatory processing to dyeing and finishing is important for its value addition in terms of fashion and function. However, these processes are water, energy, and chemical intensive and cause serious environment pollution. Recently, because of the increased global awareness of environmental pollution, demand for natural fiber-based textiles dyed with natural dye and finished with various bio-molecules is gaining academic, research and industrial importance. As a result, dyeing of textile has been carried out using various plant extracts because of to the presence of the inherent coloring compound. Some of these dyed textiles have also exhibited excellent UV protective functionality. Antimicrobial, mosquito repellent, well-being, and aroma functionalities have been incorporated into textiles using a number of plant extracts, such as neem, aloe vera, turmeric, arjuna, sandalwood, tulasi, jasmine, and eucalyptus oil. Cellulosic and ligno-cellulosic textile being highly flammable in nature, flame retardancy of such textiles has been improved using banana pseudostem sap (BPS) and spinach extract. The limiting oxygen index (LOI) of such treated fabrics is reported to increase to ≥30 as compared to the LOI value of <21 in untreated jute and cotton textiles, signifying the superior flame resistance property.

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Samanta, K.K., Basak, S., Chattopadhyay, S.K. (2014). Eco-friendly Coloration and Functionalization of Textile Using Plant Extracts. In: Muthu, S. (eds) Roadmap to Sustainable Textiles and Clothing. Textile Science and Clothing Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-110-7_10

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