Anomalous transformation of vapor-deposited highly stable glasses of toluene into mixed glassy states by annealing above T g

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 919-923

  Sepulveda A ^a   Leon Gutierrez, E ^a   Gonzalez Silveira, M ^a   Clavaguera Mora, M T ^a   Rodriguez Viejo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; ENERGY LANDSCAPE; FICTIVE TEMPERATURES; GLASSY FILMS; GLASSY STATE; PARTIAL ANNEALING; POLYAMORPHISM; SUPERCOOLED LIQUIDS;

CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS; GLASS; SUPERCOOLING; TOLUENE;

VAPORS;

EID: 84859581402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz201681v     Document Type: Article

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