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Bromo-Double-Terminated polystyrene (BrPSt-Br) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (Br-PMMA-Br) with predesigned molecular weight and narrow polydispersity were prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) using the initiating system aaЈ-dibromo-p-xylene(DBX) / CuBr/2,2Ј-bipyridine(bipy). The precursor bromo-terminated polymers were subsequently functionalized with fullerene C 60 using CuBr/bipy as the catalyst system under microwave irradiation (MI). The telechelic C 60 endcapped products were characterized by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), UV-vis, FT-IR, TGA, DSC, 1 H NMR, and 13 C NMR. The results showed that microwave irradiation could significantly increase the rate of fullerenation reaction, and the physical properties and structure of the C 60 endcapped polymers are not modified by the use of the microwave.

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