Effects of confinement on material behaviour at the nanometre size scale

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2005, Pages

  Alcoutlabi, Mataz ^a   McKenna, Gregory B ^a  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS TRANSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMERS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

FIRST-ORDER TRANSITIONS; MELTING TEMPERATURE; PSEUDO-THERMODYNAMIC MEASUREMENTS; THERMODYNAMIC MODELS;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 23644446322     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/17/15/R01     Document Type: Review

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