One micrometer length scale controls kinetic stability of low-energy glasses

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 388-392

  Kearns, Kenneth L ^a   Ediger, M D ^a   Huth, Heiko ^b   Schick, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Macromolecules; Soft matter

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; AVERAGE DISTANCE; GLASS SAMPLES; HEAT CAPACITIES; INDOMETHACIN; INITIATION SITES; KINETIC STABILITY; LOW ENERGIES; MICROMETER LENGTHS; NANOCALORIMETRY; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SOFT MATTER; SUPERCOOLED LIQUIDS; SURFACE-INITIATED; THICKNESS DEPENDENCE; TRANSFORMATION KINETICS; TRANSFORMATION MECHANISMS; TRANSFORMATION PATHWAYS;

MACROMOLECULES; SUPERCOOLING;

GLASS;

EID: 77149157016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz9002179     Document Type: Article

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