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 …

Physical aging is a ubiquitous phenomenon in glassy materials and originates from the fact
that they are generally out-of-equilibrium. Due to the technological and fundamental …

Owing to the improvement of properties including conductivity, toughness and permeability,
polymer nanocomposites are slated for applications ranging from membranes to fuel cells …

We analyzed the glassy-state structural relaxation of polymers near surfaces and interfaces
by monitoring fluorescence in multilayer films. Relative to that of bulk, the rate of structural …

The elastic moduli of ultrathin poly (styrene)(PS) and poly (methylmethacrylate)(PMMA) films
of thickness ranging from 200 nm to 5 nm were investigated using a buckling-based …

The effects of confinement on glass transition temperature (Tg) and physical aging are
measured in polystyrene (PS), poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA), and poly (2‐vinyl …

In attempting to reduce the size of functional devices, the thickness of polymer films has
reached values even smaller than the diameter of the unperturbed molecule. However …

Membrane-based separations play a key role in energy conservation and reducing
greenhouse gas emissions by providing low energy routes for a wide variety of industrially …

The effect of nanoconfinement on the glass transition temperature (T g) of supported
polystyrene (PS) films is investigated over a broad molecular weight (MW) range of 5000− 3 …

Polymers are increasingly being used in applications with nanostructured morphologies
where almost all polymer molecules are within a few tens to hundreds of nanometers from …