Author(s)

Supriya Porwal, Ashutosh Diwedi, Meet Kamal

Department of Chemistry, Christ Church Degree College, Kanpur, India.
Department of Physics, Maharana Pratap Engineering College, Kanpur, India.

A new classification of the different types of fullerene-containing polymers is presented according to their different properties and applications they exhibit in a variety of fields. ¹³C NMR and Raman studies of a series of polymeric samples of fullerene-grafted poly (acrylamide), which were prepared by systematic variation of concentration of fullerene and acrylamide, are described. ¹³C NMR spectral analysis of the polymeric samples showed a peak for fullerene at 143 δppm and for poly (acrylamide) between 170 and 180 δppm and Raman spectral analysis of the poly-meric samples gave the Raman band for fullerene between 1470 cm^-1 and poly (acrylamide) at 2800 cm^-1. The Tg value, obtained from DSC results, showed a high glass transition temperature at 100.94°C revealing the presence of fullerene in the polymeric matrix. TGA analysis shows that polymer is thermally stable up to 340°C.

Fullerene; Glass Transition Temperature; Poly (Acrylamide)

S. Porwal, A. Diwedi and M. Kamal, "¹³C NMR and Raman Studies of Fullerene-Based Poly (Acrylamides)," International Journal of Organic Chemistry, Vol. 2 No. 4, 2012, pp. 377-386. doi: 10.4236/ijoc.2012.24052.