Performance Certifications: Microbial Colouration & Finishing for Textiles

性能认证：微生物染色

• 批准号: 10056134
• 金额: $ 6.37万
• 依托单位: POST CARBON LAB LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10056134
• 关键词: Performance; Certifications; Microbial; Colouration; Finishing

Despite the fact that colours make up 80% of the buying decision for consumers, more than 99% of the colourants employed in the textile industry are still derived from fossil fuels, not to mention the hazardous chemicals, carcinogens & heavy metals that may be involved in the industrial synthetic dyeing process.**Our Innovation**We know colours are important, so we would like to turn to microbes in nature for help.By employing microorganisms that naturally produce colouring compounds like b-carotene, violacein, astaxanthin, etc., we can alleviate the environmental burden of the colouration industry by reducing water consumption, fossil fuel reliance and effluent pollution. Microbial colours also have enormous advantages over natural plant-based pigments, e.g. rapid growth in low-cost medium, relatively easy to process, independent of weather conditions, relatively low-maintenance and high efficiency.

尽管颜色占消费者购买决定的80%，但纺织行业使用的着色剂99%以上仍然来自化石燃料，更不用说工业合成染色过程中可能涉及的危险化学品，致癌物质和重金属。**我们的创新**我们知道颜色很重要，所以我们想向自然界的微生物寻求帮助。通过使用自然产生着色剂的微生物，如b-胡萝卜素、紫罗兰素、虾青素等，我们可以通过减少用水量、化石燃料依赖和污水污染来减轻着色剂行业的环境负担。与天然植物色素相比，微生物色素也具有巨大的优势，例如，在低成本培养基中快速生长，相对容易加工，不受天气条件的影响，相对较少的维护和高效率。