Synthesis and photoconducting properties of C 60 ‐bonded polystyrene initiated with C 60 Cl n

Abstract C 60 ‐bonded polystyrene was produced with a novel initiator system, C 60 Cl n /CuCl/2,2′‐bipyridine (where the average value of n is 20). The molar ratio of styrene/C 60 Cl n /CuCl/bpy was 100:1/20:1:2, and the polymerization temperature was 130°C. Gel permeation chromatography detected wi...

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Published inJournal of applied polymer science Vol. 86; no. 12; pp. 3001 - 3004
Main Authors Jing, Hua, Dianbao, Chen, Ling, Xu, Qufeng, Liu, Xiongke, Jing, Yifeng, Zhang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 13.12.2002
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Summary:Abstract C 60 ‐bonded polystyrene was produced with a novel initiator system, C 60 Cl n /CuCl/2,2′‐bipyridine (where the average value of n is 20). The molar ratio of styrene/C 60 Cl n /CuCl/bpy was 100:1/20:1:2, and the polymerization temperature was 130°C. Gel permeation chromatography detected with an ultraviolet detector demonstrated that C 60 was chemically bonded to polystyrene. The linear increase in the number‐average molecular weight (by gel permeation chromatography) with the conversion indicated that this novel initiator system had some characteristics of living polymerization. A possible polymerization mechanism was examined. The photoconducting properties of C 60 ‐bonded polystyrene were better than those of polystyrene initiated with CCl 4 . © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 86: 3001–3004, 2002
ISSN:0021-8995
1097-4628
DOI:10.1002/app.11287