Ecofriendly urea-free pretreatment to enhance the inkjet printing performance of reactive dye inks on cotton fabrics
Lei Wang, Guangyuan Xie, Hanchang Hu, Qiuyu Zhu, Jing Zhou, Zhicheng Yu
Abstract
In our work, a urea-free dye fixation process was developed to eliminate the use of urea and improve the dye fixation of reactive dyes to decrease the environmental influence of the inkjet printing industry.
Topics & Concepts
UreaReactive dyeChemical engineeringInkjet printingChemistryFixation (population genetics)Materials scienceInkwellPulp and paper industryNanotechnologyOrganic chemistryDyeingComposite materialGeneEngineeringBiochemistryDyeing and Modifying Textile FibersPigment Synthesis and PropertiesPhotochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry