Character of the glass transition in thin supported polymer films

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 2 I, 2001, Pages 0215011-0215016

  Kawana, Shin ^a,c   Jones, Richard A L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELLIPSOMETRY; GLASS TRANSITION; SILICA; SUBSTRATES; THERMAL EXPANSION; THICKNESS CONTROL; THIN FILMS;

X RAY REFLECTIVITY;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 0012582840     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.63.021501     Document Type: Article

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