Bangladeshi researcher invented printing ink from jute!
A water-based formulation of printing ink has been developed using submicron carbon particles derived from jute. On Thursday (July 13), the head of the research team Md. Abdul Aziz conveyed this information at a press conference organized by the Dhaka University Journalists Association.
Md. Abdul Aziz is a former student of Dhaka University. He is currently working as a researcher at 'King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals' in Saudi Arabia.
Recently, a research paper related to this has been published in Chemistry-N Asian Journal. The head of the research team, Abdul Aziz, claimed that their innovation is cost-effective and environment-friendly.
He said that this innovation of theirs will reduce harmful gases emitted by the printing industry and help save money by reducing the import of black printing ink. This ink developed from jute is cheaper and better quality, which is more cost effective, environment friendly and alternative to inkjet ink available in the market.
The Bangladeshi researcher also said they used a customized pilot furnace to pyrolyze jute, reusing the gases produced as fuel. The resulting carbon is further ball-milled to produce submicron carbon particles. These particles are dissolved in an aqueous solution of biocompatible ethylene glycol and isopropyl alcohol to produce a water-based inkjet ink. Canon tested the advanced ink by printing many pages of A-four size paper using a printer and found performance similar to commercial inkjet black ink.
High quality anticorrosive coatings are also reported to have been developed from jute chalk.
