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 …

Latex film formation, the process by which an aqueous dispersion of polymer particles is
transformed into a continuous material, has a direct bearing on the final film morphology and …

The glass transition temperature of thin polystyrene films has been measured as a function
of film thickness. It is found that the glass transition decreases in temperature as the …

The properties of soft-matter thin films (eg liquid films, polymer coatings, Langmuir-Blodgett
multilayers) nowadays play an important role in materials science. They are also very …

Spin-coating is widely employed for the highly reproducible fabrication of thin film coatings
over large areas with high structural uniformity. Research in recent years has extended the …

We report the chain conformations of polymer molecules accommodated at the solid-
polymer melt interfaces in equilibrium. Polystyrene “Guiselin” brushes (adsorbed layers) with …

The thermal behavior of ultrathin films of poly-(2)-vinylpyridine spin-cast on acid-cleaned
silicon oxide substrates is considered. The interaction between the polymer and the …

RUBBED polymer films (generally polyimides) are used in flat-panel displays to control the
alignment of liquid crystals in contact with the polymer1–8, a phenomenon first discovered …

The physical aging at 35° C of three glassy polymers, polysulfone, a polyimide and poly (2, 6-
dimethyl-1, 4-phenylene oxide), has been tracked by measurement of the permeation of …

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 …