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

The adsorbed layer on a solid surface plays a crucial role in the dynamics of
nanoconfinement polymer materials. However, the influence of the adsorbed layer is …

Elastic moduli, E, of free-standing polystyrene (PS) single-layers and polystyrene–
polydimethylsiloxane (PS-PDMS) bilayers are measured by uniaxial tensile testing at room …

In a previous experiment, we observed that the glass transition temperature of the surface
monolayer glass transition temperature (T gsurf) of unannealed polystyrene (PS) films spin …

Polymer-solid interfaces are crucial in determining the properties and performance of a
diverse array of materials, ranging from polymer-based thin film devices to polymer …

The polymer/substrate interface plays a significant role in the dynamics of nanoconfined
polymers because of its suppression on polymer mobility and its long-range propagation …

Polymer–substrate interfaces are significant in determining the dynamics of nanoconfined
polymers. In this study, an improved understanding of the interfacial effect was gained from …

To explore the substrate effect on chain conformation, sum frequency generation vibrational
spectroscopy was used to investigate the variation in the surface structure of a supported …

We show that the thickness, h 0, dependence of the effective viscosity, ηeff (h 0), of
unentangled random copolymer films of styrene (St) and 4-methoxystyrene (MeOS) …

A method based on the PeakForce QNM atomic force microscopic (AFM) adhesion
measurement is employed to investigate the glassy dynamics of polystyrene (PS) single …