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    An Environmentally Sustainable Dyeing Approach for the Production of Ecofriendly Colored Wool Yarns via the Application of Millettia laurentii Natural Dye in Conjunction with Metal Salts and Biomordants

    Reduced environmental impact is key to sustainable textile dyeing and finishing. The use of synthetic dyes generates substantial amounts of wastewater discharges with a high load of heavy metal ions. As part o...

    Siyamak Safapour, Tuba Toprak-Cavdur, Luqman Jameel Rather in Fibers and Polymers (2024)

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    Enhancing the Sustainability and Hygiene in the Dyeing of Wool Yarns with Prangos ferulacea Aerial Parts Extract in Conjunction with Metal–Biomordant Combinations

    This study investigates the potential of Prangos ferulacea, as a sustainable flavonoid-based natural dye source for textile dyeing, UV protection, and antioxidant finishing. It examines the influence of dyeing co...

    Siyamak Safapour, Tuba Toprak-Cavdur, Luqman Jameel Rather in Fibers and Polymers (2024)

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    Functional and Colorful Wool Textiles through Ecological Dyeing with Lemon Balm Bio-Dyes and Mordants

    In recent years, bio-dyes are being increasingly explored as promising sustainable alternatives for cleaner dyeing and functional finishing of textiles. In this study, an ecological approach was presented for ...

    Siyamak Safapour, Luqman Jameel Rather, Javad Moradnejad in Fibers and Polymers (2023)

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    Erratum: Coloration and Functional Finishing of Wool via Prangos ferulacea Plant Colorants and Bioactive Agents: Colorimetric, Fastness, Antibacterial, and Antioxidant Studies

    Siyamak Safapour, Luqman Jameel Rather, Majid Mazhar in Fibers and Polymers (2023)

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    Upscaling Millettia laurentii carpentry sawdust into natural dyes: imparting antimicrobial, antioxidant, and UV-protective finish to wool yarns through an ecological and sustainable natural dyeing process

    This work presents the valorization of Millettia laurentii carpentry sawdust waste into sustainable natural dye for ecological dyeing and functional finishing of wool textiles. A simple aqueous extraction method ...

    Siyamak Safapour, Luqman Jameel Rather in Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (2023)

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    Coloration and Functional Finishing of Wool via Prangos ferulacea Plant Colorants and Bioactive Agents: Colorimetric, Fastness, Antibacterial, and Antioxidant Studies

    In the present research, an attempt was made to investigate the possibility of the use of flavonoid-based plant colorants and bioactive agents for the development of an antimicrobial and antioxidant wool texti...

    Siyamak Safapour, Luqman Jameel Rather, Majid Mazhar in Fibers and Polymers (2023)

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    Recent Innovations in the Strategies for the Functionalization of Chitosan, Pectin, Alginate, Hyaluronic Acid, Dextran and Inulin Biomaterials for Anticancer Applications-A Review

    Polysaccharide biomaterials with carbohydrate backbones are currently the subject of material science and engineering research for anticancer applications. Polysaccharides exhibit surprising advantages compare...

    Showkat Ali Ganie, Luqman Jameel Rather, Qing Li in Journal of Polymers and the Environment (2023)

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    Review on Anti-cancer and Anti-microbial Applications of Curdlan Biomaterials

    Polysaccharides are polymers of natural origin that are formed by microorganisms, animals and plants. Polysaccharides play an important part in the progress of living creatures because these are important part...

    Showkat Ali Ganie, Luqman Jameel Rather, Qing Li in Journal of Polymers and the Environment (2022)

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    A Study on Optimization of Irradiation Frequency for Ultrasonic Laundry of Textile

    Research into the industrial practice of ultrasonic aqueous textile cleaning is still underway despite success in the technology being used in other cleaning industry. This study uses ultrasonic frequencies of...

    Wuchao Wang, Qi Zhou, Haofan Long, Yanyun Zhang in Fibers and Polymers (2021)

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    Environmental Profile of Nano-finished Textile Materials: Implications on Public Health, Risk Assessment, and Public Perception

    Antimicrobial modification via the use of nanomaterials or nanocomposites have emerged very strongly from recent past because of increasing public concerns related to the health hygiene. However, negative envi...

    Luqman Jameel Rather, Qi Zhou in Advances in Functional Finishing of Textil… (2020)

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    Recent Advances in the Insect Natural Product Chemistry: Structural Diversity and Their Applications

    Phylum Arthropoda is the largest phylum of animal kingdom with around one million different species comprising more than 80% of all known animal species. These include insects, spiders, ticks, lice, centipedes...

    Luqman Jameel Rather, Mohammad Fawad Ansari in Natural Materials and Products from Insect… (2020)

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    Exploring the Potential of Tannin Based Colorants Towards Functional Value Addition of Wool Textiles

    Nature has been a first inspiration for the evolution of mankind. Natural colorants of plants origin highly influenced the textile industry and target a wide range of textile functionalities. Tannins from Termina...

    Mohd Shabbir, Luqman Jameel Rather, Faqeer Mohammad in Fibers and Polymers (2019)

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    Biofunctionalization of Various Textile Materials Using Enzyme Biotechnology as a Green Chemistry Alternative

    Dyeing of textiles and textile materials has been going parallel to the human life since time immemorial. Natural protein fibers especially wool, silk, and cotton are widely used for dyeing purposes in the mod...

    Luqman Jameel Rather, Sabiyah Akhter, Qazi Parvaiz Hassan in Enzymes in Food Technology (2018)

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    Bioremediation: Green and Sustainable Technology for Textile Effluent Treatment

    In recent decades, textile industrial sectors are getting increasing interest worldwide in global contest due to the diverse and changing world market conditions in terms of price, design, ease of handling, du...

    Luqman Jameel Rather, Sabiyah Akhter in Sustainable Innovations in Textile Chemist… (2018)

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    Dyeing studies and fastness properties of brown naphtoquinone colorant extracted from Juglans regia L on natural protein fiber using different metal salt mordants

    In this study, wool fibers are dyed with a natural colorant extracted from walnut bark in presence and absence of mordants. The effect of aluminum sulfate, ferrous sulfate, and stannous chloride mordants on co...

    Mohd Nadeem Bukhari, Shahid-ul-Islam, Mohd Shabbir in Textiles and Clothing Sustainability (2017)

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    Application of Terminalia chebula natural dye on wool fiber—evaluation of color and fastness properties

    In the present study, Terminalia chebula (Myrobalan/Harda) natural dye extract was used for the development of eco-friendly shades on woolen yarn with different hues and tones. The effect of dye concentration on ...

    Mohd Shabbir, Shahid Ul Islam, Mohd Nadeem Bukhari in Textiles and Clothing Sustainability (2016)

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    Study on the application of Acacia nilotica natural dye to wool using fluorescence and FT-IR spectroscopy

    The present study is aimed to exploit the intrinsic fluorescence emission properties of polyphenols of Acacia nilotica natural dye on natural protein fiber wool. Fluorescence measurements were done before and aft...

    Luqman Jameel Rather, Shahid-ul-Islam, Faqeer Mohammad in Fibers and Polymers (2015)