Single molecules reveal the dynamics of heterogeneities in a polymer at the glass transition

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Bingemann, Dieter ^a   Allen, Rachel M ^a,b   Olesen, Scott W ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER HEIGHTS; BREAK-POINTS; CORRELATION TIME; DYNAMIC HETEROGENEITY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; HETEROGENEOUS DYNAMICS; MATRIX; ORIENTATIONAL CORRELATIONS; PROBE MOLECULES; RHODAMINE B; SINGLE MOLECULE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPPER LIMITS; WAITING-TIME;

ALGEBRA; DYNAMICS; GLASS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULES; PROBES; STRUCTURAL RELAXATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

GLASS TRANSITION;

GLASS; POLYVINYL ACETATE; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE; RHODAMINE; RHODAMINE B;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE;

GLASS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYVINYLS; RHODAMINES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78751528329     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3516516     Document Type: Article

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