Developments in Organic Dyes and Pigments
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Composites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2015) | Viewed by 41773
Special Issue Editor
Interests: design, synthesis, and characterization of organic dyes and pigments
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The recent open literature is replete with reports pertaining to the design, synthesis and characterization of novel dyes and pigments, making it clear that this field continues to provide fertile ground for interesting and fruitful discoveries. As one would imagine, these reports are scattered across numerous types of journals, books, and patents, requiring most investigators to sort through a wide scope of materials to capture the diversity of available information. With this in mind, a key goal of the present Special Issue of Materials is to begin to bring together research and review papers pertaining to important recent developments in the dyes and pigments domain. It is envisioned that the coverage will involve current developments in the molecular design, synthesis, characterization, and application of organic and inorganic colorants for the visible and near-infrared regions. In this regard, colorants for use in food, drug, cosmetic and hair products, in digital printing and photography, in medical applications such as cancer phototherapy and biomedical assays, in solar energy capture and storage, optical imaging, and color laser marking for document security constitute the focus of this Special Issue. In addition, ongoing risk assessments pertaining to certain synthetic dyes make the environmental properties of dyes an obvious topic to include. While this issue will not be exhaustive in scope, it will provide a beneficial step forward and, therefore, be of interest to academic and industrial researchers, making it an important resource for both settings.
Prof. Dr. Harold Freeman
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- synthesis
- eco/genotoxicology
- colorants for digital printing
- functional dyes and pigments
- medical dyes
- molecular design
- natural dyes
- dyes for photography
- dyes for solar cells
- hair dyes
- textile dyes
- inorganic colorants
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