Structural variations of an organic glassformer vapor-deposited onto a temperature gradient stage

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 423-427

  Fakhraai, Zahra ^a   Still, Tim ^b   Fytas, George ^b   Ediger, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN LIGHT SCATTERING; DEPOSITION TEMPERATURES; ENHANCED SURFACE; GLASS FORMATION; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; INDOMETHACIN; LINEAR TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; LONGITUDINAL MODULUS; LONGITUDINAL SOUND; LOW TEMPERATURES; ORGANIC GLASS; STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

GLASS TRANSITION; THERMAL GRADIENTS; VAPORS;

GLASS;

EID: 79952353788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz101723d     Document Type: Article

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