本研究利用原子轉移自由基聚合(ATRP)合成聚苯乙烯(PS)與碳奈米球(C60)的多段共聚合物,包括PS - C60、PS - C60 - PS、PS - C60 - PS - C60以及C60 - PS - C60、PS18 - C60 - PS - C60 - PS18、PS177 - C60 - PS - C60 - PS177、C60 - PS117 - C60 - PS - C60 - PS117 - C60等二系列。除了以凝膠滲透層析儀(Gel Permeation Chromatography, GPC)、傅利葉轉換紅外線光譜分析儀(Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer, FTIR)和紫外光光譜儀(UV-vis spectroscope,UV-vis)鑑定所合成的PS/C60多段共聚合物外,並將其溶於溶液中,以高解析穿透式電子顯微鏡(High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy, TEM)和掃描式電子顯微鏡(Scanning Electron Microscopy, SEM)觀察其自組裝的行為。將反應得到的C60-高分子混合材料溶解於氯仿及氯仿/甲醇混合溶液中,旋轉塗佈在矽晶圓及滴在銅網上,在電子顯微鏡的觀測下,自組裝形成奈米環及球的構形,且得到的環及球大小不均一。但在SEM下觀察Br-PS251-Br與C60形成之Polystyrene-C60混成材料,發現受PS長鏈的影響,其於矽晶圓上形成薄膜,進而影響了表面構型,因此Br-PS251-Br與C60形成之Polystyrene-C60混成材料於SEM下,幾乎無法觀察環狀構型。
Poly(styrene) and C60 nanohybrids have been prepared through sequential atom transfer free radical polymerization (ATRP). Two series of samples have been prepared. One series has three samples of PS-C60, PS-C60-PS, PS- C60-PS-C60, and the other has another three samples of C60-PS-C60, PS177-C60-PS-C60-PS177, C60-PS117-C60-PS-C60-PS117-C60. The samples have been characterized with Fourier transform infrared, gel permeation chromatography, ultraviolent-visible spectroscopy, and thermogravimeteric analyzer. The self-assembly behaviors of the prepared samples have also been investigated with scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The samples self-assemble into nano-toroids and nanospheres in chloroform and in the mixed solvent of chloroform/methanol (1/1 v/v).