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Fullerene grafted amine‐containing polymers
Author(s) -
Patil Abhimanyu O.,
Schriver George W.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.19950910108
Subject(s) - fullerene , amine gas treating , polymer , materials science , polymer chemistry , polymer science , chemical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , engineering
We have covalently attached fullerenes to amine containing flexible hydrocarbon polymers such as amino‐ethylene propylene terpolymer (EPDM‐amine) to obtain novel fullerene functionalized polymers. These materials are soluble in solvents such as heptane or tetrahydrofuran (THF), in which the fullerene is essentially insoluble. The reaction of the fullerene and polymer was followed by infra‐red spectroscopy and viscosity measurements. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) scans of EPDM‐amine and Fullerene reacted EPDM‐amine show that the fullerene grafted polymer is thermoxidatively more stable than the original polymer. Furthermore, the fullerene grafted polymer could be reacted further with primary‐tertiary diamines to obtain novel polymers in which the fullerene acts as a bridging group for attaching polar functional groups to nonpolar hydrocarbon polymers.