About the Journal

Trends in Knowledge: Colorants in Materials and Textiles is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing high-quality original research articles, comprehensive reviews, and selected high-impact reprints in the domain of colorant science, technology, and applications. The journal emphasizes studies that provide mechanistic insights, advanced characterization, and innovative synthesis strategies, as well as application-driven developments of colorants across diverse materials systems. It serves as an interdisciplinary platform for researchers in textiles, materials science, chemistry, polymers, cosmetics, reprographics, biomedical applications, and allied disciplines, fostering both fundamental understanding and translational innovation.

Published half-yearly, the journal is available in both print and electronic formats, ensuring wide accessibility to the research community.

Scope:

The journal welcomes high-quality submissions in all aspects of colorant science and technology. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Physical and chemical properties of colorants: advanced spectroscopic, surface, solution-phase, and solid-state characterization; structure–property correlations.
  • Photochemical, ecological, and biological properties: photostability, environmental impact assessment, biocompatibility, cytotoxicity, and eco-toxicological evaluations.
  • Synthesis and preparation of dyes, pigments, and intermediates: controlled nucleation, precipitation, crystal growth, structural engineering, and scalable fabrication methodologies.
  • Colorant–substrate interactions: adsorption, binding, diffusion, surface functionalization, and interfacial engineering in textiles, polymers, ceramics, and other matrices.
  • Applications of colorants: textiles, apparel, paints, plastics, photography, printing, ceramics, surgical, and biomedical systems, with an emphasis on performance-driven functionalization.
  • Historical and cultural aspects: evolution, traditional practices, heritage, and documentation of natural and synthetic colorants.
  • Natural colorants: extraction, characterization, chemical modification, and functional application of plant-, mineral-, and bio-based pigments.