Spatio-temporal thermal fluctuations and local susceptibility in disordered polymers

Fluctuation and Noise Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Israeloff, N E ^a   Crider, P S ^a   Majewski, M E ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Dielectric susceptibility; Fluctuations; Glass transition; Polymers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848864603     PISSN: 02194775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219477507003891     Document Type: Article

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