Glass Transition in Ultrathin Polymer Films: Calorimetric Study

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Efremov, Mikhail Yu ^a   Olson, Eric A ^a   Zhang, Ming ^a   Zhang, Zishu ^a   Allen, Leslie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; GLASS TRANSITION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; POLYSTYRENES; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

TRANSITION CONTRAST;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 0141938834     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.085703     Document Type: Article

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