Synthesis of Novel Star Shaped Poly(ε-caprolactone) Utilizing Fullerene as the Molecular Core

✍ Scribed by Weihua Kai; Lei Hua; Li Zhao; Yoshio Inoue

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 121 KB
• Volume: 27
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1022-1336
• DOI: 10.1002/marc.200600395

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Summary: The synthesis of star shaped poly(ε‐caprolactone) (PCL) with a fullerene molecular core (s‐PCLF) was successfully achieved by the ring‐opening polymerization of ε‐caprolactone with fullerenol as the initiator. Through NMR and GPC analysis, the average number of arms of PCL on each fullerene core was estimated to be 2–3.

Fullerenol (left) and PCL star polymer (right) in THF.

imageFullerenol (left) and PCL star polymer (right) in THF.