Issue 9, 2011
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Polymer Chemistry

Menthol-based chiral copolymers for polymer optical fibres (POF)†

Eun Hee Min,*a   Kok Hou Wong,a   Eki Setijadi,a   François Ladouceur,a   Mark Stratonb  and  Alexander Argyros*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Photonics Group, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
E-mail: eunhee.min@unsw.edu.au
Fax: +61 2 93855388
Tel: +61 2 93854892

b Institute of Photonics and Optical Science, School of Physics A28, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
E-mail: alexander.argyros@sydney.edu.au
Fax: +61 2 93517726
Tel: +61 2 91140872

Abstract

This study investigates the fabrication of menthol-based copolymers for use in polymer optical fibres (POF). A chiral monomer, (−)-menthyl methacrylate ((−)-MnMA) derived from (−)-menthol, was synthesized that displays a specific rotation of [α]20D (neat) = −90. It was further copolymerized with methyl methacrylate (MMA) either in bulk or in solution viafree radical polymerization. PMMA-co-P(−)-MnMA copolymers synthesized in bulk yielded turbid polymers, whereas copolymer synthesized in solution with 50 mol% (−)-MnMA feed was transparent with some optical rotation, and compatible for drawing into fibres. Hence, PMMA-co-P(−)-MnMA in the current study is a potential chiral material for use in POF.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1PY00056J
Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 Feb 2011
Accepted
21 May 2011
First published
05 Jul 2011

Polym. Chem., 2011,2, 2045-2051

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Menthol-based chiral copolymers for polymer optical fibres (POF)

E. H. Min, K. H. Wong, E. Setijadi, F. Ladouceur, M. Straton and A. Argyros, Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 2045 DOI: 10.1039/C1PY00056J

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