Theoretical Consideration of the Grafting of Polymer Chains onto Fullerene C 60

Summary: For the first time, the kinetics and statistics of the formation of polymer stars by grafting linear macromolecules onto the fullerene C 60 are considered. Two kinetic models are put forward providing an explanation for some important experimentally observed peculiarities of these macromolecular reactions. The comparison of the results found from the solution of the kinetic equations and those obtained by Monte Carlo simulations demonstrates their good agreement. Due to the minimal number of the parameters involved, the theoretical approach proposed is rather convenient for the treatment of experimental data.