Natural dyes are gaining more attention due to their non-toxic and eco-friendly nature.
However, dyeing with natural dyes has limitations and is challenging to apply, as they …

A vast array of colorants obtained from natural sources such as plants, insects/animals and
microbes have been scrutinized in recent past for their use in different kinds of applications …

Cotton-based textiles with comfort, softness, and warmth are attracting the attention of
academicians, scientists, and industrialists for use in the medical, defence, sports, and …

Fast fashion uses an excessive amount of synthetic dyes and chemical reagents in textile
production, while a large quantity of fast fashion apparel and clothes go to the landfill …

Plasma technology applied to textiles is a dry, environmentally‐and worker‐friendly method
to achieve surface alteration without modifying the bulk properties of different materials. In …

With the consumer's enhanced awareness of eco-safety, there has been an increasing
tendency towards the use of sustainable and environmentally friendly materials. In recent …

Increasing studies on extraction, purification and modification processes of natural dyes and
antimicrobials, and their subsequent application on textiles demonstrate the revival of …

In recent years, the population explosion and environmental pollution have increased the
interest of researchers in the discovery of new health and hygiene-related products for the …

The demand for natural dyes for imparting sustainable dyeing effects to textiles is increasing.
Metal mordants generate an unstainable impact in the natural dyeing of textiles. In order to …

Metal mordanting, or the application of metal salts, is a common method of improving the
light fastness in dyeing with natural colourants. This review presents the results from a …