Free surfaces cause reductions in the glass transition temperature of thin polystyrene films

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 23, 2003, Pages

  Sharp, J S ^a   Forrest, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; DEPOSITION; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; ELLIPSOMETRY; EVAPORATION; GLASS TRANSITION; POLYSTYRENES; REDUCTION; SILICA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

COMPOSITE FILMS; FREE SURFACES; METAL-POLYMER INTERACTIONS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0346686253     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.235701     Document Type: Article

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