Coupled effects of substrate adhesion and intermolecular forces on polymer thin film glass-transition behavior

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 41, 2013, Pages 12730-12736

  Xia, Wenjie ^a   Keten, Sinan ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTER-MOLECULAR FORCES; INTERCHAIN INTERACTIONS; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANO-ENGINEERING; POLYMER THIN FILMS; POLYMER-POLYMER INTERACTION; SUBSTRATE ADHESION;

ADHESION; CHEMICAL BONDS; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERS; SUBSTRATES; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84886940026     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la402800j     Document Type: Article

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