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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">najo</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Nanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Наносистемы: физика, химия, математика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2220-8054</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2305-7971</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Университет ИТМО</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17586/2220-8054-2016-7-1-118-124</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">najo-811</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>PAPERS, PRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>PAPERS, PRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>C60 fullerene-containing polymer stars in mixed matrix membranes</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>C60 fullerene-containing polymer stars in mixed matrix membranes</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Vinogradova</surname><given-names>L. V.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Vinogradova</surname><given-names>L. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Saint Petersburg</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Saint Petersburg</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">vinogradovalv@rambler.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Pulyalina</surname><given-names>A. Yu.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Pulyalina</surname><given-names>A. Yu.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Saint Petersburg</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Saint Petersburg</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">a.pulyalina@spbu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Rostovtseva</surname><given-names>V. A.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Rostovtseva</surname><given-names>V. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Saint Petersburg</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Saint Petersburg</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">valfrank56@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Toikka</surname><given-names>A. M.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Toikka</surname><given-names>A. M.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Saint Petersburg</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Saint Petersburg</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">a.toikka@spbu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Polotskaya</surname><given-names>G. A.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Polotskaya</surname><given-names>G. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Saint Petersburg</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Saint Petersburg</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">g.polotskaya@spbu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-3"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Institute of Macromolecular Compounds RAS</institution></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Institute of Macromolecular Compounds RAS</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Saint Petersburg State University, Institute of Chemistry</institution></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Saint Petersburg State University, Institute of Chemistry</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-3"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Institute of Macromolecular Compounds RAS; Saint Petersburg State University, Institute of Chemistry</institution></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Institute of Macromolecular Compounds RAS; Saint Petersburg State University, Institute of Chemistry</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2016</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>14</day><month>08</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>7</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title>Special Issue: Proceedings of the 12th Biennial International Conference “Advanced Carbon Nanostructures” (ACNS’2015)</issue-title><fpage>118</fpage><lpage>124</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Vinogradova L.V., Pulyalina A.Y., Rostovtseva V.A., Toikka A.M., Polotskaya G.A., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Vinogradova L.V., Pulyalina A.Y., Rostovtseva V.A., Toikka A.M., Polotskaya G.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Vinogradova L.V., Pulyalina A.Y., Rostovtseva V.A., Toikka A.M., Polotskaya G.A.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://nanojournal.ifmo.ru/jour/article/view/811">https://nanojournal.ifmo.ru/jour/article/view/811</self-uri><abstract><p>Star-shaped macromolecules with C60 fullerene branching centers were used as modifiers of poly(2.6-dimethyl-1.4-phenylene oxide) matrix to obtain mixed matrix membranes. Two types of star modifiers were synthesized i) six-arms star with six polystyrene arms grafted onto C60 center and ii) twelve-arms hybrid star with six polystyrene arms and six copolymer poly(2-vinylpyridine)-block-poly(tert-butylmethacrylate) arms grafted onto C60 center. The membrane structures were studied by scanning electron microscopy. The transport properties of the membranes were determined by using sorption and pervaporation tests toward methanol and ethylene glycol over a wide concentration range. All membranes showed high affinity for methanol. The separation factor reached its maximum level at 5 wt% modifier concentration in the membrane. Polar hybrid arms were shown to change the membranes’ morphologies and considerably improve their transport properties.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Star-shaped macromolecules with C60 fullerene branching centers were used as modifiers of poly(2.6-dimethyl-1.4-phenylene oxide) matrix to obtain mixed matrix membranes. Two types of star modifiers were synthesized i) six-arms star with six polystyrene arms grafted onto C60 center and ii) twelve-arms hybrid star with six polystyrene arms and six copolymer poly(2-vinylpyridine)-block-poly(tert-butylmethacrylate) arms grafted onto C60 center. The membrane structures were studied by scanning electron microscopy. The transport properties of the membranes were determined by using sorption and pervaporation tests toward methanol and ethylene glycol over a wide concentration range. All membranes showed high affinity for methanol. The separation factor reached its maximum level at 5 wt% modifier concentration in the membrane. Polar hybrid arms were shown to change the membranes’ morphologies and considerably improve their transport properties.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>applications of carbon nanostructures</kwd><kwd>fullerenes</kwd><kwd>star-shaped polymers</kwd><kwd>mixed matrix membrane</kwd><kwd>pervaporation</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>applications of carbon nanostructures</kwd><kwd>fullerenes</kwd><kwd>star-shaped polymers</kwd><kwd>mixed matrix membrane</kwd><kwd>pervaporation</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">G.A. Polotskaya acknowledges the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project 15-03-02131). A.M. Toikka acknowledges Saint Petersburg State University (research grant 12.38.257.2014). 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