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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
ABSTRACT 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