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Coloration Technology

Published on behalf of the Society of Dyers and Colourists

Edited by:
Carmel McNamara

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 34/60 Chemistry, Applied; 59/116 Engineering, Chemical; 3/16 Materials Science, Textiles
Impact Factor: 0.843

The world's leading peer-reviewed journal dealing with the application of colour, and the only journal that covers all aspects of coloration technology (including; chemistry, physics, technology, engineering and management).

The primary mission of Coloration Technology is to promote innovation and fundamental understanding in the science and technology of coloured materials by providing a medium for communication of peer-reviewed research papers of the highest quality. It is internationally recognised as a vehicle for the publication of theoretical and technological papers on subjects allied to all aspects of coloration. The topics of papers range from dyes and pigments, to colour measurement, to the coloured substrates themselves.

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Articles Published Online ahead of Print
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2008 Impact Factor for Coloration Technology!
We are pleased to announce that the Impact Factor for Coloration Technology has increased to 0.843, making the research even more vital for your needs.

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Forthcoming Special Issue
The first ever special issue of Coloration Technology is now being planned which will review the development of coloured light sources. Coloured (and white) lighting is all around us and impacts on our lives in ways which we may not even realise, possibly taking for granted the street lighting, traffic signals and vehicle lights that we encounter on a daily basis. Reviewing present (and future?) illumination technologies, from incandescent filaments, fluorescent tubes, light emitting diodes, this issue of the journal will also cover standard illuminants and colour matching cabinets, colour transforms and computer simulation of illuminant changes, and the importance of lighting in retail spaces. For more details, email: editorial@sdc.org.uk

2008 Award Winning Articles
View these outstanding papers for free by clicking on the links below:

2008 SDC Centenary Medal is presented in respect of the following review paper:

Nanomaterials for textile processing and photonic applications
by T L Dawson

Review paper (124:5, 2008, pp 261-272)

2008 Dyers' Company Research Medal is presented for the following series of papers:

Direct coloration of textiles with photochromic dyes, Parts 1 and 2
by Shah M Reduwan Billah and Robert M Christie

Part 1 (124:4, 2008, pp 223-228)

Part 2 (124:4, 2008, pp 229-233)

In addition to high quality original articles, CTE also publishes regular review articles. Below are a selection that you can read for free*

Colour and colour vision of creatures great and small by T L Dawson, 122:2 (2006)

Textile coloration industry in India by M D Teli, 124:1 (2008)

Innovative technologies for high performance textiles by I Holme, 123:2 (2007)

Bioscouring and bleaching of cotton with pectinase enzyme and peracetic acid in one bath by P Preša and P F Tavčer, 124:1 (2008)

(*SDC members can access all review articles for free online)

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