Methyl Methacrylate Polymerization in the Presence of C_(60) (C_(70)) and Molecular Characteristics of Fullerene-Containing Poly(methyl methacrylate)

摘要

Kinetics was studied of bulk polymerization of methyl methacrylate initiated by dicyclohexyl peroxydicarbonate in the presence of tri-n-butylborane and fullerene C_(60) (or C_(70)) at variable ratio initiator : fullerene. The deceleration of the polymerization in the first stage of the reaction (below 10% conversion) was established by dilatometric method that depended on the fullerene concentration and the mode of its addition to the monomer. It was shown that at similar ratios initiator : fullerene the C_(60) inhibited the polymerization process considerably stronger than C_(70). The gel-permeation chromatography revealed the widening of the molecular weight distribution of the poly(mefhyl methacrylates) containing C_(60) or C_(70) compared to its analog synthesized under the same conditions without fullerene. It was established that in the fullerene-containing poly(mefhyl methacrylates) all the framework nanospecies are linked by covalent bonds and are mostly accumulated in the low-molecular fractions. The effect of the covalently bound fullerene on the molecular characteristics of polymers were investigated by translational isothermal diffusion, high-speed sedimentation, and viscometry