Small molecule probe diffusion in thin polymer films near the glass transition: A novel approach using fluorescence nonradiative energy transfer

Macromolecules

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3898-3908

  Deppe, Denise D ^a   Dhinojwala, Ali ^a   Torkelson, John M ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; GLASS TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BISPHENYLETHYNYLANTHRACENE; CHROMOPHORES; DECACYCLENE; HYDROXYETHYL ETHYL TRICYANOVINYL ANILINE; LOCAL SCALE HETEROGENEITY; NONRADIATIVE ENERGY TRANSFER; POLYETHYL METHACRYLATE; POLYISOBUTYL METHACRYLATE; PYRENE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0030143462     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma960024j     Document Type: Article

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