Fabrication of polycarbonate-based polymer optical fiber cladding: effect of different solvents
Normally, the cladding layer is fabricated by using heat through continuous extrusion, melt spinning, batch extrusion, and heat drawing technique. These techniques require high temperature precision in order to obtain the desired morphology of the cladding without compromising the quality of the pol...
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| author | Moslan, Mohd Shahrizan Othman, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan A. Rahman, Mukhlis Samavat, Ali Reza Salim, Muhammad Aizi Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi |
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| description | Normally, the cladding layer is fabricated by using heat through continuous extrusion, melt spinning, batch extrusion, and heat drawing technique. These techniques require high temperature precision in order to obtain the desired morphology of the cladding without compromising the quality of the polymer. Hence, in this study dip-coating method was utilized to coat the polycarbonate (PC) core with poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) as a cladding part. The PC core was dipped into different cladding solutions using three types of organic solvent (i.e. Tetrahydrofuran (THF), N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), and Dimethylacetamide (DMAc) and subjected to post-treatment process. The thickness of fabricated cladding layer was ~10–15 μm for all coating solutions. The cladding prepared by THF exhibits transparent layer wrapping the core. However, the cladding layers for PMMA dissolved in NMP and DMAc showed translucent appearance. The THF/PMMA solvent displayed ~98 % transmittance at visible region which was higher than NMP/PMMA and DMAc/PMMA. The failure strain (3.6 %) and tensile strain (88.98 MPa) of THF/PMMA sample were higher compared to other solutions. Young’s modulus which measures the stiffness and represents the breakability of a solid material was lower for THF/PMMA. Therefore, the THF is the most appropriate solution for fabrication of PC-based POF cladding layer. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-850612020-03-04T02:17:14Z http://eprints.utm.my/85061/ Fabrication of polycarbonate-based polymer optical fiber cladding: effect of different solvents Moslan, Mohd Shahrizan Othman, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan A. Rahman, Mukhlis Samavat, Ali Reza Salim, Muhammad Aizi Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi TP Chemical technology Normally, the cladding layer is fabricated by using heat through continuous extrusion, melt spinning, batch extrusion, and heat drawing technique. These techniques require high temperature precision in order to obtain the desired morphology of the cladding without compromising the quality of the polymer. Hence, in this study dip-coating method was utilized to coat the polycarbonate (PC) core with poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) as a cladding part. The PC core was dipped into different cladding solutions using three types of organic solvent (i.e. Tetrahydrofuran (THF), N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), and Dimethylacetamide (DMAc) and subjected to post-treatment process. The thickness of fabricated cladding layer was ~10–15 μm for all coating solutions. The cladding prepared by THF exhibits transparent layer wrapping the core. However, the cladding layers for PMMA dissolved in NMP and DMAc showed translucent appearance. The THF/PMMA solvent displayed ~98 % transmittance at visible region which was higher than NMP/PMMA and DMAc/PMMA. The failure strain (3.6 %) and tensile strain (88.98 MPa) of THF/PMMA sample were higher compared to other solutions. Young’s modulus which measures the stiffness and represents the breakability of a solid material was lower for THF/PMMA. Therefore, the THF is the most appropriate solution for fabrication of PC-based POF cladding layer. Penerbit UTM Press 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/85061/1/AhmadFauziIsmail2019_FabricationofPolycarbonate-basedPolymerOptical.pdf Moslan, Mohd Shahrizan and Othman, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan and A. Rahman, Mukhlis and Samavat, Ali Reza and Salim, Muhammad Aizi and Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi (2019) Fabrication of polycarbonate-based polymer optical fiber cladding: effect of different solvents. Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, 15 (6). pp. 795-798. ISSN 2289-5981 https://mjfas.utm.my/index.php/mjfas/article/download/1475/pdf |
| spellingShingle | TP Chemical technology Moslan, Mohd Shahrizan Othman, Mohd Hafiz Dzarfan A. Rahman, Mukhlis Samavat, Ali Reza Salim, Muhammad Aizi Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi Fabrication of polycarbonate-based polymer optical fiber cladding: effect of different solvents |
| title | Fabrication of polycarbonate-based polymer optical fiber cladding: effect of different solvents |
| title_full | Fabrication of polycarbonate-based polymer optical fiber cladding: effect of different solvents |
| title_fullStr | Fabrication of polycarbonate-based polymer optical fiber cladding: effect of different solvents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fabrication of polycarbonate-based polymer optical fiber cladding: effect of different solvents |
| title_short | Fabrication of polycarbonate-based polymer optical fiber cladding: effect of different solvents |
| title_sort | fabrication of polycarbonate based polymer optical fiber cladding effect of different solvents |
| topic | TP Chemical technology |
| url | http://eprints.utm.my/85061/1/AhmadFauziIsmail2019_FabricationofPolycarbonate-basedPolymerOptical.pdf |
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