Sensing the glass transition in thin and ultrathin polymer films via fluorescence probes and labels

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 2745-2758

  Ellison, Christopher J ^a   Torkelson, John M ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Glass transition; Nanoscale confinement; Sensors; Thin films

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; CONFORMATIONS; FLUORESCENCE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; POLYMER BLENDS; PROBES; QUANTUM THEORY; SENSORS; THIN FILMS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

CONFORMATIONAL INTERACTIONS; FLUORESCENCE PROBES; FLUORESCENCE QUANTUM YIELD; NANOSCALE CONFINEMENT;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 0037115402     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.10343     Document Type: Article

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