Monday, May 19, 2008
Student Union Building, Upper (Queensborough Community College)
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Synthesis and Characterization of Chromophore-Grafted Polybutadienes

Bhanu P. S. Chauhan*, Alok Sarkar, Esra Cinar, and Mauhanad (George) A. Bittar. William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ

In recent years, research from our laborotary have demonstrated that metal nanoparticle polysiloxanes conjugates can provide means for marrying profitable behavior of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts. We have also shown that such catalysts are very selective, efficient and regiospecific. In this presentation, we will present a new and efficient route to chromophore containing-polymers which synthesized via the catalytic functionalization of polybutadiene. A through study of the chain-length property of the synthesized polymers using Gel Permeable Chromatography (GPC), IR and multi- nuclear NMR experiments such as H, 13C and 29Si NMR shows a very tight control over the side reactions and very selective loading of the chromophores.