Abstract
Fullerene C60 has attracted attention due to its special chemical and physical properties. However, its poor solubility and processability arise difficulties in practical applications. These problems may be surpassed by grafting C60 on polymers. This study presents the synthesis of the polyethylene/maleic anhydride copolymers and C60 structures and their characterization by photoluminescence. The synthesis of the material is based upon the reaction of fullerene C60 with amino groups containing in the polymer chains. In the first step, some polyethylene (PE)/maleic anhydride (MA) copolymers having 1, 3, 6 and 10 wt.% anhydride groups were reacted with an amine compound. The following step consists in the reaction of C60 with the amine groups. A proof that the structures synthesized contain C60 is given by the photoluminescence spectra.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Dai L (1999) Polym Adv Technol 10:357
Wang C, Guo ZX, Fu S, Wu W, Zhu D (2004) Prog Polym Sci 29:1079
Ederle Y, Mathis C (1997) Macromolecules 30:2546
Chen Y, Lin K-C (1999) J Polym Sci A 37:2969
Semo M, Fukunaga H, Sato T (1998) J Polym Sci A 36:2905
Geckler KE, Hirsh A (1993) J Am Chem Soc 115:3850
Sun YP, Liu B, Morton DK (1996) Chem Commun 24:2699
Hawker CJ (1994) Macromolecules 27:4836
Goh HW, Goh SH, Xu GQ (2002) J Polym Sci A 40:1157
Wang ZY, Kuang L, Meng XS, Gao JP (1998) Macromolecules 31:5556
Kai W, Zhao L, Zhu B, Inoue Y (2006) Macromol Rapid Commun 27:109
Wang M, Pramoda KP, Goh SH (2006) Macromolecules 39:4932
Calleja FJB, Giri L, Asano T, Mieno T, Sakurai S, Ohnuma M (1996) J Mater Sci 31:5153
Brabec CJ, Dyakonov V, Sariciftci NS, Grauoner W, Leising G, Hummelen JC (1998) J Chem Phys 109:1185
Lu Z, He C, Chung T-S (2001) Polymer 42:5233
Patil AO, Brois J (1997) Polymer 38:3423
Yang B-X, Pramoda KP, Xu GQ, Goh SH (2007) Adv Funct Mater 17:2062
Porejko S, Gabona W, Kulesza J (1967) J Polym Sci Polym Chem 4:1563
Gabona W, Porejko S (1967) J Polym Sci Polym Chem 4:1547
Bunker CE, Lawson GE, Sun Y-P (1995) Macromolecules 28:3744
Sun Y-P, Riggs JE (1997) J Chem Soc Faraday Trans 93:1965
Gui-Chang J, Wen-Chao G, Qi-Xin Z (2004) Chinese J Chem 22:877
Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge the financial support obtained from the Romanian Programme for Excellence in Research, through the grant CEEX 4966 MATPOLMOD.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Rusen, E., Marculescu, B., Preda, N. et al. Synthesis and characterization of polyethylene/C60 fullerene structures by photoluminescence. J Polym Res 15, 447–451 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-008-9190-6
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-008-9190-6