Carbon nanotubes and fullerene in the solution polymerisation of acrylonitrile

On the preparation of composite poly(butyl acrylate)/carbon nanotube nanoparticles by miniemulsion polymerization of butyl acrylate

“…Thus, encapsulated CPB/ CNT associates may act as radical scavengers and depress growth events. 12,13 Miniemulsion polymerizations stabilized by anionic emulsifiers (AOT and DW), with and without CNTs, were also studied, and the results are shown in Figure 3 and Table 3. Limiting conversions and the shapes of conversion curves were similar for both AOT and DW.…”

“…Therefore, polymerization proceeds at a significantly slower rate than that measured in the reference process. 12,13 Droplet nucleation is a distinct feature of miniemulsion polymerization that allows the preparation of a wide range of useful polymer and composite nanoparticles. The successful synthesis of such materials requires efficient nucleation of the monomer droplets.…”

Radical scavenging efficiency of different fullerenes C60–C70 and fullerene soot

“…For instance, fullerene C 60 effectively inhibits the free radical polymerization of styrene [17][18][19][20][21], methyl methacrylate [17,22,23], vinyl acetate [24] and acrylonitrile [25].…”

Antioxidant capacity of novel amine derivatives of buckminsterfullerene: Determination of inhibition rate constants in a model oxidation system

“…They are recommended in practical end-use applications as inhibitors of chain radical polymerization and thermal stabilizers for polymers [2,5,6,[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]. However, along with this advantage there are certain limits to the use of fullerenes as antioxidants because of their nonsusceptibility towards peroxy radicals [2,28,29].…”