The temperature dependence of the deviations from bulk behavior in ultrathin polymer films
is demonstrated. The validity of a model aiming to rationalize the influence of interfacial …

Despite extensive efforts, a definitive picture of the glass transition of ultra-thin polymer films
has yet to emerge. The effect of film thickness h on the glass transition temperature T g has …

It is widely appreciated that an attractive polymer-substrate interaction can slow relaxation in
thin supported polymer films and polymer nanocomposites. Recent measurements and …

An increasing amount of experimental data now supports the idea that the dynamics of thin
polymer films is different from bulk. An experimental consensus now supports the previously …

The behavior of polymers confined in ultrathin films (thickness< 200 nm) can sensitively
differ from that observed in macroscopic samples. Based on the simple arguments of finite …

In previous work we observed two simultaneous transitions in high molecular weight (MW)
free‐standing polystyrene films that were interpreted as two thickness‐dependent reduced …

Measurements of the optical birefringence were used to probe the relaxation of rubbed
ultrathin polystyrene (PS) films on glass substrates. It was found that the glass transition …

Dramatic reduction of the glass temperature, Tg, in freely standing polymer thin films has
been found when the thickness of the films become approximately smaller than the average …

The anomalous change of the glass transition temperature, Tg, of materials in confined
geometry has drawn much attention recently. 1-20 The effective Tg in a thin film geometry …

The stability or wettability of thin polymer films on solids is of vital interest in traditional
technologies as well as in new emerging nanotechnologies. We report here that nanoscale …