Determination of the glass transition temperature of thin unsupported polystyrene films using interference fringes

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 516, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 7947-7951

  Bernazzani, Paul ^a   Sanchez, Rachel F ^a   Woodward, Michael ^a   Williams, Sudjai ^a  

^a LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glass transition; Interference fringes; Thin films

Indexed keywords

GLASS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMER FILMS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

BULK SAMPLES; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE TG; INTERFERENCE FRINGES; POLYSTYRENE FILMS; SIMPLE METHODS; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THIN FILMS;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 49349106580     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2008.06.041     Document Type: Article

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