Issue 47, 2023
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Nanoscale

Poly(lactic acid) stereocomplex microspheres as thermally tolerant optical resonators†

Suharman, ORCID logo ab   Wey Yih Heah,c   Hiroshi Yamagishi ORCID logo ac  and  Yohei Yamamoto ORCID logo *ac  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Material Innovation, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Science, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

b Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Jl. Dr. T. Mansur No. 9, Padang Bulan, Medan Baru, Medan, Sumatera Utara 20222, Indonesia

c Department of Material Science, Institute of Pure and Applied Science, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
E-mail: yamamoto@ims.tsukuba.ac.jp

Abstract

Thermally tolerant polymer optical resonators are fabricated from a stereocomplex of poly(L-lactic acid) and poly(D-lactic acid) through the oil-in-water miniemulsion method. The thermal stability of the microspheres of the stereocomplex poly(lactic acid) (SC-PLA) is superior to that of the homochiral poly(lactic acid) (HC-PLA). As a result of the high thermal stability, the optical resonator properties of the SC-PLA microspheres are preserved at an elevated temperature of up to 230 °C, which is 70 °C higher than that of microspheres formed from HC-PLA.

Graphical abstract: Poly(lactic acid) stereocomplex microspheres as thermally tolerant optical resonators

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NR05318K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Oct 2023
Accepted
10 Nov 2023
First published
13 Nov 2023

Nanoscale, 2023,15, 19062-19068

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Suharman, W. Y. Heah, H. Yamagishi and Y. Yamamoto, Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 19062 DOI: 10.1039/D3NR05318K

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