Effect of nanostructure on the thermal glass transition and physical aging in polymer materials

Progress in Polymer Science

Volumn 54-55, Issue , 2016, Pages 128-147

  Cangialosi, Daniele ^a   Alegría, Angel ^a,c   Colmenero, Juan ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Confinement; Diffusion model; Enthalpy relaxation; Glass transition; Physical aging; Segmental mobility

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; FILM THICKNESS; GLASS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; POLYMER FILMS; THIN FILMS;

DIFFUSION MODEL; ENTHALPY RELAXATION; FREE-STANDING THIN FILMS; ISOLATED POLYMER CHAINS; NANOSTRUCTURED POLYMERS; OUT-OF-EQUILIBRIUM DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL AGING; SEGMENTAL MOBILITY;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 84978009866     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2015.10.005     Document Type: Review

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