Denim

Roshan Paul is associated with the Institut für Textiltechnik of RWTH Aachen University, Germany. He is also a Professor in the University of Beira Interior, Portugal. He has previously worked in the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain, Clariant, India, LEITAT Technological Center, Spain and Hohenstein Institute, Germany. He is a Chartered Textile Technologist and a Fellow of The Textile Institute (CText FTI), a Chartered Colourist and a Fellow of the Society of Dyers and Colourists (CCol FSDC), a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of The Institution of Engineers (India) (CEng FIE), a Fellow of the Textile Association (India) (FTA), and a Senior Life Member of American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists. He is an alumnus of the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India. Contact e-mail: paulrosh@yahoo.com

• 1 Denim and jeans: an overviewPart One: Denim fabric manufacture 2 Cotton fibre for denim manufacture 3 Indigo dye and reduction techniques 4 Indigo dyeing technology for denim yarns5 Dyeing of denim yarns with non-indigo dyes6 Weaving technologies for manufacturing denimPart Two: Manufacture and finishing of jeans7 Role of denim and jeans in the fashion industry8 Joining techniques for denim jeans9 Dyeing technologies for denim garments10 Digital printing techniques for denim jeans11 Washing techniques for denim jeans12 Biotechnological washing of denim jeans13 Reduced water washing of denim garments14 Finishing of jeans and quality control15 Comfort aspects of denim garmentsPart Three: Novel applications and environmental aspects16 Novel varieties of denim fabrics17 Non-apparel applications of denim18 Recovery and recycling of denim waste19 Effluent treatment in denim and jeans manufacture20 Environmental impacts of denim manufacture

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