Glass transition in ultrathin polymer films: A thermal expansion study

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

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Bhattacharya, M ^a   Sanyal, M K ^a   Geue, Th ^b   Pietsch, U ^b  

^a SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS-MELT TRANSITION; GYRATION; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER FILMS;

BESSEL FUNCTIONS; GLASS TRANSITION; MACROMOLECULES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EXPANSION; ULTRATHIN FILMS; VECTORS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 41349116919     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.71.041801     Document Type: Article

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