Fabrication of PMMA doped with griseofulvin material and its optical rotatory dispersion

Abstract:

Chiral molecule C₁₇H₁₇CIO₆ was incorporated in MMA by sol-gel process and its optical polarization response was measured. The optical rotatory dispersion was measured with self-manufactured apparatus. The results show that the maximum and minimum rotation angles of the chiral PMMA are 69° at the wavelength of 450 nm and 17° at the wavelength of 700 nm, respectively. The experimental results accord with the simulation results by the Boltzmann formula. Supported by the the Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60307003, and Scientific Research Fund of Zhejiang Provincial Education Department (No. 20030436)