Title
Fungal dyes for textile applications: testing of industrial conditions for wool fabrics dyeing
Date Issued
02 January 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
University of Concepcion
Publisher(s)
Taylor and Francis Ltd.
Abstract
Abstract: Natural dyes and pigments have been proposed as an eco-friendly alternative to artificial pigments. Among the diverse organisms able to synthesize natural dyes and pigments, several wood inhabiting fungi produce extracellular compounds which have been tested to dye fabrics at laboratory conditions with good results. However, the dyeing conditions used at laboratory level not necessary meet the real conditions in which dyeing of fabrics is conducted at industrial level. In this work, yellow and red dyes producing fungi, Penicillium murcianum and Talaromyces australis, respectively, were isolated from wood samples and used to dye wool fabrics at conditions of temperature, pH, additives, and equipment similar to those used at industrial level. After dyeing treatments, color fastness to washing, wet and dry rubbing, and tensile strength were tested. Satisfactory results were found when the dyes were used individually and mixed to different proportions. According to the results, natural dyes synthesized by these two wood inhabiting fungi have great potential to be used for dyeing of wool at industrial level.
Start page
61
End page
66
Volume
110
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Textiles
Biotecnología industrial
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85045443652
Source
Journal of the Textile Institute
ISSN of the container
00405000
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by the Promotion of Scientific and Technological Development (FONDEF), Conicyt-Chile [Project number ID15I10105] (Pigmentos naturales de alto desempeño: una alternativa ecológica en la manufactura de telas de alta calidad’); the Biotechnology Center of University of Concepcion and Crossville Fabric Chile S.A.
Fondo de Fomento al Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico FONDEF
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