Reduction of the glass transition temperature of confined polystyrene nanoparticles in nanoblends

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

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Rharbi, Yahya ^a  

^a GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; GLASS TRANSITION; MECHANICAL TESTING; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POLYSTYRENES; THIN FILMS;

NANOBLENDS; NANOCONFINED POLYSTYRENE; POLYBUTHYLMETHACRYLATE; THIN FILM GEOMETRY;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 41549119940     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.77.031806     Document Type: Article

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