Banana pseudo-stem fibres have been used as a greener substitute for synthetic fibres
that are harmful to the environment in the textile industry. Banana applications are
expanding since different components of the banana are employed in various
industries like fruits as food sources, leaves as food wrap, and stems for paper pulp
and fibre. this due of rising environmental consciousness and the growing relevance of
eco-friendly fabrics. The 4th state of matter is called plasma, Plasma treatment has
demonstrated that it can be used as an environmentally friendly method to improve
dyeing uptake of textiles with dyes.
The goal of this research is to create a reactive dyeing process suitable for banana
fabrics and compare between dyeing behaviours of banana blended fabrics with cotton
fabrics. Testing was performed to evaluate the colors properties between pre-treated,
dyed banana fabrics, untreated dyed banana fabrics, and cotton fabrics.
In this study, the blended banana/cotton fabrics was pre-treated with Plasma DBD with
different gases, and then dyed with synthetic reactive dyes. Finally, the dyed samples
were evaluated according to standard testing methods. The findings demonstrated that
plasma-pretreated blended banana textiles outperformed untreated fabrics. According
to other findings, cotton and bananas also exhibit comparable dyeing behaviors. As a
result, fabrics made from bananas may use the cotton dyeing method. Finally, it was
possible to dye banana-based fabrics with a reactive dye that had superior washing
fastness properties when compared to cotton-based fabrics