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Fabrication of polymer microfiber by direct drawing
Author(s) -
Irawati Ninik,
Suthaskumar M.,
John Vallen,
Ali Norfizah M.,
Ahmad H.,
Harun Sulaiman Wadi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.28967
Subject(s) - microfiber , fabrication , materials science , polymethyl methacrylate , composite material , polymer , smoothness , optics , microwave , engineering , physics , telecommunications , medicine , mathematical analysis , alternative medicine , mathematics , pathology
We report the fabrication of polymer microfiber with high surface smoothness and length uniformity using molten polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) by direct drawing technique. PMMA microfibers with diameters ranging from 6 to 12 μm and lengths up to few centimeters have been drawn by this method. The microfibers' losses are obtained at 0.37, 0.27, and 0.19 dB/mm for the microfibers with diameters of 6, 8, and 12 μm, respectively. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 57:820–823, 2015