**Surface and Bulk Modification of Synthetic Textiles to Improve Dyeability**

Mazeyar Parvinzadeh Gashti1, Julie Willoughby2 and Pramod Agrawal3,4 *1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Bern 2Fiber and Polymer Science Program, Department of Textiles Engineering, Chemistry and Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC, 3Engineering of Fibrous Smart Materials, Department of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, 4Knowledge Centre Design & Technology, School of Applied Art & Technology, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Enschede, 1Switzerland 2USA 3,4The Netherlands* 
