Suppression of the t g-nanoconfinement effect in thin poly(vinyl acetate) films by sorbed water

Macromolecules

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 5158-5161

  Kim, Soyoung ^a   Mundra, Manish K ^a   Roth, Connie B ^a   Torkelson, John M ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR INTERFACE; COMPLEX DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; CREEP COMPLIANCE; FREESTANDING FILMS; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; IMAGINARY PARTS; MICRO-BUBBLE; NANOCONFINEMENT EFFECTS; NANOCONFINEMENTS; PEAK TEMPERATURES; POLYSTYRENE FILMS; SORBED WATER; SUPPORTED ON SILICA; ULTRATHIN LAYERS;

ESTERS; GLASS TRANSITION; POLYSTYRENES; RESEARCH; SILICA;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 77953141779     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma1005606     Document Type: Article

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