Meet the editor

Dr. Raffaello Papadakis is a chemical engineer (MEng) with a Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry from the Technical University of Athens. He has worked as a postdoc at the Institute of Molecular Sciences, CNRS/Aix-Marseille University, France, focusing on water oxidation catalysts in the research group of Dr. Thierry Tron and later in the group of Dr. Henrik Ottosson (Uppsala University, Sweden) specializing in the excited state (anti)

aromaticity and graphene photochemistry. His research interests revolve around physical organic and materials chemistry (particularly the chemistry of graphene and polysaccharides). He is the author/co-author of thirty peer-reviewed scientific papers and book chapters. Dr. Papadakis currently works as a senior research scientist at TdB Labs, Uppsala, Sweden, being particularly interested in the fluorescent labeling of polysaccharides.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

*by Raffaello Papadakis*

Solvatochromic Dyes

Dyes as Labels in Biosensing

*by Virendra Kumar Gupta*

*by Deepti Pargai*

*by Mariame Coulibaly*

*and Mirza S. Jamal Beg*

*by Ioanna Deligkiozi and Raffaello Papadakis*

Natural Dyes: From Cotton Fabrics to Solar Cells *by Indriana Kartini and Adhi Dwi Hatmanto*

Application of Smart and Functional Dyes in Textiles

Structure and Properties of Dyes and Pigments

Applications of Metal Complexes Dyes in Analytical Chemistry

*by Ashok Kumar, Utkarsh Dixit, Kaman Singh, Satya Prakash Gupta* 

Photochromic Dyes for Smart Textiles

**Preface XI**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Novel Applications of Dyes and Pigments **7**

**Chapter 2 9**

**Chapter 3 35**

**Chapter 4 59**

**Chapter 5 81**

**Chapter 6 99**

**Chapter 7 117**

**Chapter 8 131**

Introductory Chapter: Dyes and Pigments - Past, Present, and Future

Probing Solvation Effects in Binary Solvent Mixtures with the Use of

*by Hu Li, Yuanyuan Han, Haiyan Zhao, Hassan Jafri and Bo Tian*
