We review the recent activity aiming to clarify glassy dynamics in nanostructured polymer
glasses, in particular thin films, nanocomposites and nanospheres. Special emphasis is …

The glass transition temperature (T g) of polymer thin films, one of the most important
parameters to characterize the relaxation behavior of polymer chains in a thin film, has been …

Conditions of rapid processing often drive polymers to adopt nonequilibrium molecular
conformations, which, in turn, can give rise to structural, dynamical, and mechanical …

Intrinsic mechanical properties of sub-100 nm thin films are markedly difficult to obtain, yet
an ever-growing necessity for emerging fields such as soft organic electronics. To …

The properties of nanostructured polymeric materials reflect the presence of a dynamic
interphase in which polymer segmental dynamics, glass formation, mechanics, and transport …

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are promising devices for clean and efficient energy
conversion. However, SOFCs require high-quality electrolytes that can transport ions and …

Undoubtedly the applications of polymers are rapidly evolving. Technology is continually
changing and quickly advancing as polymers are needed to solve a variety of day-to-day …

Thin polymer films have found many important applications in organic electronics, such as
active layers, protective layers, or antistatic layers. Among the various experimental methods …

In the past few decades there has been a revolution in the field of optical microscopy with
emerging capabilities such as super-resolution and single-molecule fluorescence …

Understanding the mechanical properties of interphase regions in supported polymer thin
films is critical as it yields key insights into the constitutive behavior of nanostructured …