Physical aging, the local dynamics of glass-forming polymers under nanoscale confinement

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 9096-9103

  Shavit, Amit ^a   Riggleman, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; DYNAMICS; GLASS TRANSITION; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MICROELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMER FILMS; RELAXATION TIME;

CONTROL DYNAMIC; DESIGN RATIONALE; GLASS FORMING MATERIALS; GLASS FORMING POLYMERS; MICROELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANO-SCALE CONFINEMENTS; PHYSICAL AGING;

GLASS;

EID: 84905368936     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp502952n     Document Type: Article

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