The substrate roughness is a very important parameter that can influence the properties of
supported thin films. In this work, we investigate the effect of surface roughness on the …

The accurate and convenient characterization of the interfacial layer is a crucial prerequisite
for understanding the relationship between structure and macroscopic properties in polymer …

Polymers are widely used in our daily life and industry because of their intrinsic
characteristics, such as multi-functionality, low cost, light mass, ease of processability, and …

Surface glass-transition temperature (T gsurf) and transition width (W) within 1 nm of the
surface were measured by monitoring a qualitative change in the contact angle or density of …

Polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) are significant for modern and future applications owing to
their multifunctionality promoted by morphology and tailored interfaces between the …

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 …

The effect of surface functionalization on the carbon walls-ionic liquid (IL) interactions is
analyzed by combining differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and Raman spectroscopy …

The relaxation spectrum is a fundamental viscoelastic characteristic from which other
material functions used to describe the rheological properties of polymers can be …

This work studies the influence of the adsorbed layer on the glass transition of thin films of
polysulfone. Therefore, the growth kinetics of the irreversibly adsorbed layer of polysulfone …

We investigate the phase-transition behavior of ionic liquid crystals, namely 1-methyl-3-
alkylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate,[C n mim] BF 4, confined in cylindrical nanopores using …