Three-Dimensional Single Molecule Rotational Diffusion in Glassy State Polymer Films

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Bartko, Andrew P ^a   Xu, Kewei ^a   Dickson, Robert M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CORRELATION METHODS; FUNCTIONS; GLASS TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VECTORS;

MOLECULE ROTATIONAL DIFFUSION; POLYMER DYNAMICS;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 0037042981     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.026101     Document Type: Article

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