Thickness dependence of structural relaxation in spin-cast, glassy polymer thin films

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 5 1, 2004, Pages

  Richardson, H ^a   Lopez Garcia I ^a   Sferrazza, M ^a,b   Keddie, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ELLIPSOMETRY; GLASS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SOLVENTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY; VOLUME FRACTION;

FILM THICKNESS; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; SPIN-CAST FILMS; STRUCTURAL RELAXATION;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 41349089889     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.051805     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. G. B. McKenna, in Polymer Properties, Comprehensive Polymer Science, edited by C. Booth and C. Price (Pergammon Press, Oxford, 1989), Vol. 2, p. 311.
2. G. Rehage and W. Borchard, in The Physics of Polymers, edited by R. N. Haward (Applied Science Publishers, Barking, 1973), p. 85.
3. J. M. Hutchinson, Prog. Polym. Sci. 20, 703 (1995).
4. I. M. Hodge, J. Non-Cryst. Solids 169, 211 (1994).
5. A. J. Kovacs, Fortschr. Hochpolym.-Forsch. 3, S.394 (1964).
6. J. M. Hutchinson and C. B. Bucknall, Polym. Eng. Sci. 20, 173 (1980).
7. S. Kawana and R. A. L. Jones, Eur. Phys. J. E 10, 223 (2003).
8. T. Kanaya, T. Miyazaki, H. Watanabe, K. Nishida, H. Yamano, S. Tasaki, and D. B. Bucknall, Polymer 44, 3769 (2003).
9. H. Richardson, M. Sferrazza, and J. L. Keddie, Eur. Phys. J. E 12, S87 (2003).
10. H. Richardson, C. Carelli, J. L. Keddie, and M. Sferrazza, Eur. Phys. J. E 12, 437 (2003).
11. S. G. Groll, J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 23, 847 (1979).
12. A. Katz and M. D. Ward J. Appl. Phys. 80, 4153 (1996).
13. M. L. Fernandez, J. S. Higgins, J. Penfold, and C. S. Shackleton, Polym. Commun. 31, 124 (1990).
14. G. B. McKenna, J. Phys. IV 10, 7 (2000).
15. G. Reiter and P. G. de Gennes, Eur. Phys. J. E 6, 25 (2001).
16. F. N. Kelley and F. Bueche, J. Polym. Sci. 50, 549 (1961).
17. B.-G. Wang, T. Yamaguchi, and S.-I. Nakao, J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 38, 846 (2000).
18. J. R. McLoughlin and A. V. Tobolsky, J. Polym. Sci. 6, 658 (1951).
19. J. R. Lu, T. J. Su, P. N. Thirtle, R. K. Thomas. A. R. Rennie, and R. Cubitt, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 206, 212 (1998).
20. B. Parbhoo, S. Izrael, J. M. Salamanca, and J. L. Keddie, Surf. Interface Anal. 29, 341 (2000).
21. S. W. Marquardt, J. Soc. Ind. Appl. Math. 11, 431 (1963).
22. D. Huang, Y. Yang, G. Zhuang, and B. Li, Macromolecules 32, 6675 (1999).
23. D. Huang, Y. Yang, G. Zhuang, and B. Li, Macromolecules 33, 461 (2000).
24. S. L. Simon, P. Bernazzini, and G. B. McKenna, Polymer 44, 8025 (2003).
25. P. Bernazzani, S. L. Simon, D. J. Plazek, and K. L. Ngai, Eur. Phys. J. E 8, 201 (2002).
26. G. Strobl, The Physics of Polymers, 2nd ed. (Springer, Berlin, 1997) p. 65.
27. L. J. Fetters, D. J. Lohse, D. Richter, T. A. Witten, and A. Zirkel, Macromolecules 27, 4639 (1994).
28. A. G. Emslie, F. T. Bonner, and L. G. Peck, J. Appl. Phys. 29, 858 (1958).
29. W.-L. Wu, W. J. Orts, J. H. van Zanten, and B. M. Fanconi, J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 32, 2475 (1994).
30. A. van der Lee, L. Hamon, Y. Holl, and Y. Grohens, Langmuir 17, 7664 (2001).
31. J. H. Teichroeb and J. A. Forrest, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 016104 (2003).
32. J. S. Sharp and J. A. Forrest, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 235701 (2003).
33. Y. Grohens, L. Hamon, J. Spevacek, and Y. Holl, Macromol. Symp. 203, 155 (2003).
34. P. G. de Gennes, Eur. Phys. J. E 7, 31 (2002).