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 …

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 …

For almost a decade, growing experimental evidence has revealed a strong correlation
between the properties of nanoconfined polymers and the number of chains irreversibly …

The structural dynamics of polymers and simple liquids confined at the nanometer scale has
been intensively investigated in the last two decades in order to test the validity of theories …

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

Polymer nanocomposites have been extensively investigated over the past two decades,
resulting in a wide range of applications because of their excellent performance. Halloysite …

We investigate the segmental dynamics and glass transition temperature (Tg) of polystyrene
(PS) thin films. The former is investigated by alternating current (AC) calorimetry and …

Understanding why the glass transition temperature (T g) of polymers deviates substantially
from the bulk with nanoscale confinement has been a 20-year mystery. Ever since the …

Different properties and phenomena that polymer nanocomposites exhibit compared to the
base polymers or conventional polymers (polymers with micron scale particles) are …

We investigate the interfacial interactions and segmental dynamics of hydrophilic and
hydrophobic (calcined) silica nanoparticle (NP) filled poly (vinyl acetate)(PVAc) composites …