Preparation of LangmuirBlodgett Films from Fullerene C₆₀
with Grafted Polymer Chains¹

S. I. Goloudina*, B. M. Ginzburg**, V. N. Zgonnik***, L. V. Vinogradova***,
and E. Yu. Melenevskaya***

* AO NPO Burevestnik, Malookhtinskii pr. 68, St. Petersburg, 195272 Russia

** Institute of Problems in Machine Science, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Bol’shoi pr. 61, St. Petersburg, 199178 Russia

*** Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Bol’shoi pr. 31, St. Petersburg, 199004 Russia

Received February 11, 1998;
Revised Manuscript Received September 24, 1998

Abstract—Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett films were first prepared from fullerene C₆₀ with grafted poly-
styrene and poly(ethylene oxide). For comparison, Langmuir films were prepared from a pure fullerene C₆₀
under analogous conditions. For C₆₀ with grafted polystyrene chains, Langmuir films were best applied on
hydrophobic silicon substrates by the Langmuir–Schaefer method; optical microscopic observations showed
that the films are nonuniform in thickness and are composed of aggregates with dimensions 6 µm. Langmuir
films made of C₆₀ with grafted poly(ethylene oxide) chains were transferred well on hydrophobic and hydro-
philic silicon substrates by the Langmuir–Blodgett method; even when the film thickness achieved 10 and
20layers, the resulting films were as a rule uniform, as detected by optical microscopy.

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