Distribution of segmental mobility in ultrathin polymer films

Macromolecules

Volumn 43, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 8686-8691

  Rotella, Cinzia ^a   Napolitano, Simone ^a   De Cremer, Lieven ^a   Koeckelberghs, Guy ^a   Wübbenhorst, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING CONDITION; BULK BEHAVIOR; COMMON FEATURES; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION SPECTROSCOPY; DIELECTRIC STRENGTHS; DIFFERENT THICKNESS; DYNAMIC GLASS TRANSITION; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; METALLIC LAYERS; PHYSICAL PICTURES; RELAXATION STRENGTH; SEGMENTAL MOBILITY; SOLID INTERFACES; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; ULTRA-THIN POLYMER FILMS;

ADSORPTION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; GLASS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYSTYRENES; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 77958469155     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma101695y     Document Type: Article

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