When cooled or pressurized, polymer melts exhibit a tremendous reduction in molecular
mobility. If the process is performed at a constant rate, the structural relaxation time of the …

In this article, the effects of size and confinement at the nanometre size scale on both the
melting temperature, T m, and the glass transition temperature, T g, are reviewed. Although …

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Despite the decade-long study of the effect of nanoconfinement on the glass-transition
temperature (T g) of amorphous materials, the quest to probe the distribution of T gs in …

We review recent work on the motion of polymer molecules confined to thin films. There has
been considerable experimental evidence for large reductions in the glass transition …

The mechanical behaviour of a styrene-butadiene rubber, containing 23.5% styrene and
filled with up to 55% by weight with silica nanoparticles, has been examined. The tan δ …

Surface glass transition temperature,, of monodisperse polystyrene (PS) films was
determined from the temperature dependence of lateral force at a given scanning rate. The …

The stability of thin liquid coatings plays a fundamental role in everyday life. We studied the
stability conditions of thin (3 to 300 nm) liquid polymer films on various substrates. The key …

We have measured, the thickness dependence of the glass transition temperature T g (h),
using ellipsometry at variable temperature, for poly (methyl-methacrylate)(PMMA) of various …

We used local thermal analysis and ellipsometry to measure the glass transition
temperatures (T g) of supported thin films of poly (4-hydroxystyrene)(PHS) and hydroxy …