Polymer coatings of nanometric thickness are about to enter in everyday life as part of a
wide range of applications such as protective layers, stimuli-responsive membranes or as …

Two challenging scientific disciplines, ie, the physics of glasses [Anderson, Science 267,
1615 (1995); Kennedy and Norman, Science 309, 75 (2005)] and interface chemistry …

In-situ polymerization to prepare solid/quasi-solid electrolytes for lithium batteries has been
extensively researched in recent years, owing to its unique superiority in achieving good …

Herein, the adsorption of polystyrene (PS) on phenyl-modified SiO2–Si substrates was
investigated. Different from those for PS adsorption on a neat SiO2–Si substrate, the growth …

Dewetting is a common phenomenon observed from polymer thin films under stimuli, such
as annealing, which directly affects the applications of polymer thin films. A key to …

A primer coating is engineered to facilitate compatibility between products like adhesives,
sealants, and potting compounds and targeted substrates. Prolonged exposure of …

We investigated the depth, temperature, and molecular-weight (MW) dependence of the γ-
relaxation in polystyrene glasses using implanted 8 Li+ and β-detected nuclear magnetic …

The relaxation of the local conformation of ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer (EPDM)
rubber at the quartz interface was examined by sum frequency generation (SFG) …

Nanoconfined polystyrene (PS) films exhibit substantial reductions in glass transition
temperature (T g) from bulk T g. By incorporating 2–6 mol% 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (EHA) into …

Polymer materials are widely used in water or in contact with an aqueous environment.
However, evaluating the chain mobility, a crucial parameter, at a polymer–water interface is …