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Thomas Bechtold is affiliated with the University of Innsbruck in Austria. Their research spans the fields of engineering and materials science, with notable focus on subfields including biomaterials, building and construction, polymers and plastics, biomedical engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering.

Their work covers several main research topics, including:

  • Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
  • Textile materials and evaluations
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies

Bechtold has contributed to scientific literature published in the following frequent venues:

  • Coloration Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Cellulose
  • Materials

Recent papers that Bechtold has contributed to include:

  • "Multivalent Ions as Reactive Crosslinkers for Biopolymers-A Review" (2020), published in Molecules
  • "Surface Activation of High Performance Polymer Fibers: A Review" (2022), published in Polymer Reviews
  • "Textile-Integrated Thermocouples for Temperature Measurement" (2020), published in Materials
  • "Water-based slurries for high-energy LiFePO4 batteries using embroidered current collectors" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Thermal stability of natural dye lakes from Canadian Goldenrod and onion peel as sustainable pigments" (2021), published in Journal of Cleaner Production

Frequent co-authors of Thomas Bechtold include:

  • Tung Pham
  • Avinash P. Manian
  • Florian Wurm
  • Noemí Aguiló-Aguayo
  • Roshan Paul

Best Publications

  • Attenuated total reflectance Fourier-transform Infrared spectroscopy analysis of crystallinity changes in lyocell following continuous treatment with sodium hydroxide

    Ján Široký;Ján Široký;Richard S. Blackburn;Thomas Bechtold;Jim Taylor

  • Extraction of natural dyes for textile dyeing from coloured plant wastes released from the food and beverage industry

    Thomas Bechtold;Rita Mussak;Amalid Mahmud‐Ali;Erika Ganglberger

  • A kinetic study of moisture sorption and desorption on lyocell fibers.

    Satoko Okubayashi;Ulrich J. Griesser;Thomas Bechtold

  • Natural dyes for textile dyeing: A comparison of methods to assess the quality of Canadian golden rod plant material

    Thomas Bechtold;Amalid Mahmud-Ali;Rita Mussak

  • The development of indigo reduction methods and pre-reduced indigo products

    Richard S Blackburn;Thomas Bechtold;Philip John

  • Mechanistic insights into the electrochemical oxidation of dopamine by cyclic voltammetry

    Sabrina Schindler;Thomas Bechtold

  • Natural dyeing of wool and hair with indigo carmine (C.I. Natural Blue 2), a renewable resource based blue dye

    Sunsanee Komboonchoo;Sunsanee Komboonchoo;Thomas Bechtold

  • Copper(I)oxide surface modified cellulose fibers—Synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial properties

    Hossam E. Emam;Avinash P. Manian;Barbora Široká;Heinz Duelli

  • Cotton fabrics with UV blocking properties through metal salts deposition

    Hossam E. Emam;Thomas Bechtold

  • Treatments to impart antimicrobial activity to clothing and household cellulosic-textiles – why “Nano”-silver?

    Hossam E. Emam;Avinash P. Manian;Barbora Široká;Heinz Duelli

  • Cathodic decolourisation of textile waste water containing reactive dyes using a multi‐cathode electrolyser

    Thomas Bechtold;Eduard Burtscher;Aurora Turcanu

  • In-situ deposition of Cu2O micro-needles for biologically active textiles and their release properties.

    Hossam E. Emam;Hanan B. Ahmed;Thomas Bechtold

  • Changes in the intra- and inter-fibrillar structure of lyocell (TENCEL®) fibers caused by NaOH treatment

    Hale Bahar Öztürk;Antje Potthast;Thomas Rosenau;Mohammad Abu-Rous

  • Green reducing agents for indigo dyeing on cotton fabrics

    Laksanawadee Saikhao;Jantip Setthayanond;Thitinun Karpkird;Thomas Bechtold

  • Metal mordanting in dyeing with natural colourants

    Avinash P. Manian;Roshan Paul;Thomas Bechtold

  • Anthraquinones as mediators for the indirect cathodic reduction of dispersed organic dyestuffs

    T Bechtold;E Burtscher;A Turcanu

  • Multivalent Ions as Reactive Crosslinkers for Biopolymers—A Review

    Florian Wurm;Barbara Rietzler;Tung Pham;Thomas Bechtold

  • Fibrillation tendency of cellulosic fibers—part 3. Effects of alkali pretreatment of lyocell fiber

    Wangsun Zhang;Satoko Okubayashi;Thomas Bechtold

  • Characterization of cellulosic fibers and fabrics by sorption/desorption

    Barbora Siroka;Michael Noisternig;Ulrich J. Griesser;Thomas Bechtold

  • Electrochemical reduction in vat dyeing: greener chemistry replaces traditional processes

    Thomas Bechtold;Aurora Turcanu

  • Modification of cellulose fiber with silk sericin

    Arunee Kongdee;Thomas Bechtold;Linda Teufel

  • Anthocyanin dyes extracted from grape pomace for the purpose of textile dyeing.

    Thomas Bechtold;Amalid Mahmud-Ali;Rita Mussak

  • Fibrillation Tendency of Cellulosic Fibers. Part 1: Effects of Swelling

    Wangsun Zhang;Satoko Okubayashi;Thomas Bechtold

  • Natural Colorants – Quinoid, Naphthoquinoid and Anthraquinoid Dyes

    Thomas Bechtold

Frequent Co-Authors

David T. Purtilo
David T. Purtilo University of Nebraska Medical Center
Hossam E. Emam
Hossam E. Emam National Research Center, Cairo
John R. Mitchell
John R. Mitchell University of Nottingham
David J. Volsky
David J. Volsky Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
David T. Purtilo
David T. Purtilo University of Nebraska Medical Center
Martin Burtscher
Martin Burtscher University of Innsbruck
Gary R. Pearson
Gary R. Pearson Georgetown University
Kazunobu Matsushita
Kazunobu Matsushita Yamaguchi University
Peter Hosemann
Peter Hosemann University of California, Berkeley
Jürgen Janek
Jürgen Janek University of Giessen

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