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Enhancing textile ink‐jet printing with chitosan
Author(s) -
Yuen C W M,
Ku S K A,
Kan C W,
Choi P S R
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
coloration technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1478-4408
pISSN - 1472-3581
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-4408.2007.00094.x
Subject(s) - chitosan , textile , ultimate tensile strength , jet (fluid) , inkwell , yield (engineering) , materials science , composite material , chemical engineering , physics , engineering , thermodynamics
Following on from previous research, the possibility of using chitosan in preparing the pretreatment print paste for textile ink‐jet printing was investigated but the final colour was not as good as expected. In this study, chitosan was applied separately on cotton fabric for ink‐jet printing. A two‐bath method was proposed and it was confirmed that a better colour yield was achieved with this method. However, the use of chitosan reduced the tensile strength of the ink‐jet printed fabric slightly.