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In this study, we investigated the effect of solvent etching and physical treatment on the sidelighting of POF, even qualitatively. Even though the two were effective in making sidelight POF, the tensile properties of POF were decreased as a result of surface damaged during the treatment. We also investigated how to overcoat side-illuminating POF in order not to be broken during weaving process to make side-illuminating POF fabric. In the view of clarity and interfacial adhesion with POF, AC-100 based on acrylic polymer was chosen for overcoating material. However, tensile strength of notched POF was rather decreased even after overcoating, maybe due to toluene used as diluent, which is also solvent for the core of POF, i.e., PMMA.
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Im, M.H., Park, E.J., Kim, C.H., Lee, M.S. (2007). Modification of Plastic Optical Fiber for Side-Illumination. In: Jacko, J.A. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. Interaction Platforms and Techniques. HCI 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4551. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73107-8_123
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