On the equivalence between the thermodynamic and dynamic measurements of the glass transition in confined polymers

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids

Volumn 407, Issue , 2015, Pages 288-295

  Priestley, Rodney D ^a   Cangialosi, Daniele ^b   Napolitano, Simone ^c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chain adsorption; Free volume; Glass transition; Polymer thin films

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; FREE VOLUME; GLASS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; THIN FILMS;

AMORPHOUS POLYMERS; CHAIN ADSORPTIONS; CONFINED POLYMERS; DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT; GLASSY BEHAVIOR; NANO-SCALE CONFINEMENTS; POLYMER THIN FILMS; SEGMENTAL DYNAMICS;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 85027958708     PISSN: 00223093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2014.09.048     Document Type: Article

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