School of Chemistry

David Lewis

Emeritus Professor
Research section: Colour Science

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Keywords

Dyes
Fibres
Analysis
Cosmetics

Research interests

Chemistry of dyes and fibres (of particular interest: reactive dyes, cellulosic and keratin fibres, fibre modification to improve dye uptake). Analysis (capillary electrophoresis, FT Infrared and FT Raman). Reactive dye synthesis and application. Fibre modification to improve its dyeability (especially cellulosic and keratin fibres). Fibre substantive crosslinking agents. Use of spectroscopy (FTIR and FT Raman) to follow dye synthesis. Cosmetic Chemistry (especially hair dyeing and hair setting). Digital inkjet printing.

Selected publications

J Kim and D M Lewis, The effect of various anti-setting systems in wool dyeing. Part 2: Sodium maleate based systems, Coloration Technology, 2002, vol. 118, no. 4, pp. 181-184

D M Lewis, A H Renfrew and A A Siddique, The synthesis and application of a new reactive dye based on disulfide-bis-ethylsulfone, Dyes and Pigments, 2000, vol. 47, no. 1-2, pp. 151-167

D M Lewis and J Yao, Crosslinking a hydroxyethylsulphonyl dye on cotton to achieve covalent fixation in a long-liquor process, Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists, 2000, vol. 116, no. 9, pp. 285-290

Q G Fan, D M Lewis and K N Tapley, Characterization of cellulose aldehyde using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2001, vol. 82, no. 5, pp. 1195-1202