Citation: Ke Ou, Xian Xu, Yu Shao, Wei-Jie Wang, Wen-Bin Zhang, Shu-Guang Yang. Langmuir-Blodgett Films of C₆₀-end-capped Poly(ethylene oxide)[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, ;2019, 37(6): 604-608. doi: 10.1007/s10118-019-2234-z shu

Langmuir-Blodgett Films of C₆₀-end-capped Poly(ethylene oxide)

Ke Ou ¹ ,
Xian Xu ¹ ,
Yu Shao ¹ ,
Wei-Jie Wang ¹ ,
Wen-Bin Zhang ² ,
Shu-Guang Yang ^1,,

a.
Center for Advanced Low-dimension Materials, State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Material Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
b.
Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry & Physics of Ministry of Education, Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

Corresponding author: Shu-Guang Yang, shgyang@dhu.edu.cn
Received Date: 25 November 2018
Revised Date: 17 January 2019
Accepted Date: 1 January 2018
Available Online: 7 March 2019

Buckyballs (C₆₀) are linked to one end and two ends of linear poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) chains through highly efficient click chemistry to obtain giant amphiphilic molecules C₆₀-PEO and C₆₀-PEO-C₆₀, respectively. C₆₀-PEO and C₆₀-PEO-C₆₀ molecules are spread on water surface and then transferred to solid substrates with Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) film deposition approach. C₆₀-PEO and C₆₀-PEO-C₆₀ exhibit fractal growth behavior on the solid substrate under certain conditions owing to the crystallization ability of PEO segment. PEO chain length and the end capped mode both affect the fractal growth pattern.
- LB film,
- Giant amphiphilic molecule,
- Fractal growth
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