Fullerene grafted hydrocarbon polymers

We have free radically grafted fullerene onto saturated hydrocarbon polymers such as ethylene-propylene copolymer. The product is soluble in solvents such as hexane or tetrahydrofuran, in which the fullerene is essentially insoluble. The reaction of the fullerene and polymer was followed by i.r. spe...

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Published inPolymer (Guilford) Vol. 38; no. 13; pp. 3423 - 3424
Main Authors Patil, Abhimanyu O., Brois, Stanley J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 1997
Elsevier
Subjects
Applied sciences
C 60
Chemical modifications
Chemical reactions and properties
Exact sciences and technology
fullerenes
function polymers
graft copolymer
Organic polymers
Physicochemistry of polymers
C 60
graft copolymer
fullerenes
function polymers
Ethylene derivative copolymer
Chemical modification
Butene derivative copolymer
Preparation
Butylene derivative copolymer
Ethylene copolymer
Fullerenes
Experimental study
Free radical reaction
Lateral group
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Summary:We have free radically grafted fullerene onto saturated hydrocarbon polymers such as ethylene-propylene copolymer. The product is soluble in solvents such as hexane or tetrahydrofuran, in which the fullerene is essentially insoluble. The reaction of the fullerene and polymer was followed by i.r. spectroscopy and gel permeation chromatography. In these graft copolymers, fullerene may provide sites for further derivatization, including derivatization by methods which would fail for the original polymer.
ISSN:0032-3861
1873-2291
DOI:10.1016/S0032-3861(97)00032-3