Glass transition dynamics and surface layer mobility in unentangled polystyrene films

Science

Volumn 328, Issue 5986, 2010, Pages 1676-1679

  Yang, Zhaohui ^a   Fujii, Yoshihisa ^a   Lee, Fuk Kay ^a,b   Lam, Chi Hang ^b   Tsui, Ophelia K C ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS; POLYSTYRENE;

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; FILM; HYDRODYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMER; SILICON; SURFACE LAYER; VISCOSITY;

ARTICLE; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77954043658     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1184394     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. C. A. Angell, K. L. Ngai, G. B. McKenna, P. F. McMillan, S. W. Martin, J. Appl. Phys. 88, 3113 (2000).
2. M. Alcoutlabi, G. B. McKenna, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 17, R461 (2005).
3. J. Baschnagel, F. Varnik, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 17, R851 (2005).
4. J. A. Forrest, K. Dalnoki-Veress, Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. 94, 167 (2001).
5. C. B. Roth, J. R. Dutcher, J. Electroanal. Chem. 584, 13 (2005).
6. O. K. C. Tsui, in Polymer Thin Films, O. K. C. Tsui, T. P. Russell, Eds., Series in Soft Condensed Matter (World Scientific, Singapore, 2008), pp. 267-294.
7. J. L. Keddie, R. A. L. Jones, R. A. Cory, Europhys. Lett. 27, 59 (1994).
8. J. A. Forrest, K. Dalnoki-Veress, J. R. Stevens, J. R. Dutcher, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 2002 (1996).
9. C. J. Ellison, J. M. Torkelson, Nat. Mater. 2, 695 (2003).
10. K. Tanaka, A. Takahara, T. Kajiyama, Macromolecules 33, 7588 (2000).
11. Z. Fakhraai, J. A. Forrest, Science 319, 600 (2008).
12. S. Herminghaus, K. Jacobs, R. Seemann, Eur. Phys. J. E 5, 531 (2001).
13. S. Herminghaus, Eur. Phys. J. E 8, 237, discussion 245 (2002).
14. O. K. C. Tsui, H. F. Zhang, Macromolecules 34, 9139 (2001).
15. F. Varnik, J. Baschnagel, K. Binder, Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 65, 021507 (2002).
16. D. Long, F. Lequeux, Eur. Phys. J. E 4, 371 (2001).
17. Z. Yang et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 251906 (2009).
18. O. K. C. Tsui, Y. J. Wang, F. K. Lee, C.-H. Lam, Z. Yang, Macromolecules 41, 1465 (2008).
19. Materials and methods are available as supporting material on Science Online.
20. J.-C. Majeste, J.-P. Montfort, A. Allal, G. Marin, Rheol. Acta 37, 486 (1998).
21. Y. J. Wang, O. K. C. Tsui, J. Non-Cryst. Solids 352, 4977 (2006).
22. J. W. Cahn, J. Chem. Phys. 42, 93 (1965).
23. A. Vrij, J. T. G. Overbeek, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 90, 3074 (1968).
24. S. Peter, H. Meyer, J. Baschnagel, R. Seemann, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 19, 205119 (2007).
25. S. Kawana, R. A. L. Jones, Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 63, 021501 (2001).
26. S. Herminghaus, R. Seemann, K. Landfester, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 017801 (2004).
27. J. S. Sharp, J. A. Forrest, Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft Matter Phys. 67, 031805 (2003).
28. A. Dhinojwala, G. K. Wong, J. M. Torkelson, J. Chem. Phys. 100, 6046 (1994).
29. R. F. Boyer, S. G. Turley, Eds., Molecular Basis of Transitions and Relaxations (Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, New York, 1978), p. 33.
30. We thank C. A. Angell for useful discussions and G. B. McKenna for critical reading of this paper. Support from NSF (DMR-0706096 and DMR-0908651) is gratefully acknowledged.