**Meet the editor**

Melih Gunay earned a BS in Textile Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, and Msc in Computer Science and Ph.D. degree in Fiber and Polymer Science from North Carolina State University. He was also awarded Associate Professorship by the Turkish Higher Education Council. While carrying out his academic work, he worked several years in private sector as a principal engi-

neer at HueMetrix, a startup textile company specializing in right first-time dying. Currently, Dr. Gunay is working as a bioinformatics scientist for US Center for Disease & Control. His research interests in textiles include right-first-time dyeing, on-line and off-line measurement of yarn and fabric qualities, modeling of 2-D textile structure irregularities, and mathematical simulation and visualization of textile structures. Dr. Gunay has co-authored numerous conference papers, journal articles and books and received several awards for his work both in private sector and academia.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Nanoparticles 3**

**Textile Fabrics 33**

Chapter 3 **Cyclodextrins in Textile Finishing 53** Bojana Voncina and Vera Vivod

Chaoxia Wang and Yunjie Yin

Chapter 5 **The Use of New Technologies in Dyeing of**

**Proteinous Fibers 103**

**Section 2 The Dyeing and Environment 149**

Rıza Atav

**Section 1 Advances in Dyeing Chemistry and Processes 1**

Chapter 1 **Multifunctional Textiles – Modification by Plasma, Dyeing and**

Chapter 2 **Surface Modification Methods for Improving the Dyeability of**

Chapter 4 **Preparation, Characterization and Application of Ultra-Fine Modified Pigment in Textile Dyeing 77**

Chapter 6 **Textile Dyes: Dyeing Process and Environmental Impact 151**

Farah Maria Drumond Chequer, Gisele Augusto Rodrigues de Oliveira, Elisa Raquel Anastácio Ferraz, Juliano Carvalho Cardoso, Maria Valnice Boldrin Zanoni and Danielle Palma de Oliveira

Sheila Shahidi, Jakub Wiener and Mahmood Ghoranneviss

Marija Gorjanc, Marija Gorenšek, Petar Jovančić and Miran Mozetič
