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MICROENCAPSULATION OF ACID DYES IN LIPOSOMIC STRUCTURES OF LECITHIN AND SURFACTANTS GOMES, J.I.N .R., BAPTISTA, A. Departamento de Engenharia Têxtil, Universidade do Minho, 4800 Guimarães Portugal ABSTRACT The non-uniformity which occurs in the dyeing of polyamide, caused by the irregularities in the physico-chemical properties of the fibre, is reduced by the use of levelling agents. These agents block the accessible sites in the fibre, forcing a greater control in the rate of absortion of the dye on the fibre surface. The obj ective of this work was the microencapsulation of the dye with lecithin from soy, with the formation of liposomes, as an alternative to levelling agents. Since in the liposomes the concentration of lecithin is related to the dye concentration there is no risk of blockage of accessible sites. Liposomes were prepared with soy lecithin at different concentrations, containing the commercial acid dye, CI Acid Blue 113. The levelling effect of the microencapsulated dyes was compared with the one obtained with levelling agents usually used in standard dyeing. The influence of surfactants in the stability of the liposomes and in the exhaution curves of the dyeing were also evaluated. 1 The dyeing of polyamide with microencapsulated acid dyes resulted in dyeings as uniformly dyed as with levelling agents, whether in laboratory or industrial conditions. INTRODUCTION In the dyeing of polyamide fibres with acid dyes, physical differences in polyamide fibres ( continuous filaments ) can cause unlevelness during dyeing, because the dye is rapidely absorved by the most accessible sites in the fibre. Phisical variations are of two types, namely fi