Accounting for the thickness dependence of the Tg in supported PS films via the volume holes diffusion model

Thermochimica Acta

Volumn 575, Issue , 2014, Pages 233-237

  Boucher, Virginie M ^a   Cangialosi, Daniele ^b   Alegría, Angel ^b,c   Colmenero, Juan ^a,b,c  

^a DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^b CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Glass transition; This films

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FREE VOLUME; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; THIN FILMS;

EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FREESTANDING FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURED SYSTEMS; OUT-OF-EQUILIBRIUM DYNAMICS; POLYMER INTERFACES; POLYMER THIN FILMS; THERMODYNAMIC COEFFICIENTS; THICKNESS DEPENDENCE;

POLYMER FILMS;

EID: 84889678005     PISSN: 00406031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tca.2013.10.023     Document Type: Article

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