Glass formation near covalently grafted interfaces: Ionomers as a model case

Macromolecules

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2313-2323

  Ruan, Dihui ^a   Simmons, David S ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; GLASS; GLASS FORMING MACHINES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); IONOMERS; LIQUIDS;

COOPERATIVE DYNAMICS; COVALENT GRAFTING; GLASS FORMATION; GLASS-FORMING LIQUID; INTERFACE MOBILITY; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; RELAXATION BEHAVIORS; SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 84927729648     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: 15205835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00025     Document Type: Article

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