In the companion paper (DOI 10.1021/ma101098d), we presented a quantitative theory for
the suppression of the glass transition in a thin polymer film. Our delayed glassification (DG) …

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 …

We investigate the glass transition behavior in polymer thin films using a model equation-of-
state approach, which involves molecular parameters whose values are determined from fits …

In this article, we present a detailed account of important recent developments in the rapidly
evolving area of glass transitions in thin polymer films. We review the case of polymer films …

Suppression of the glass transition by some tens of degrees within a few tens of nanometers
of a free surface in a polymer film is a technologically important, commonly observed, as-yet …

The past 20 years have seen a substantial effort to understand dynamics and the glass
transition in thin polymer films. In this Perspective, we consider developments in this field …

A simple and predictive model is put forward explaining the experimentally observed
substantial shift of the glass transition temperature, T g, of sufficiently thin polymer films. It …

One of the most notable deviations from bulk fluid properties is the onset of a thickness-
dependent glass transition temperature (T g) for nanometrically thin polymer films …

Ellipsometry and X-ray reflectivity were used to characterize the mass density and the glass
transition temperature of supported polystyrene (PS) thin films as a function of their …

We review the experimental data for the anomalous behavior of the glass transition
temperature, Tg, in thin polymer films, and show that despite a number of apparent …