Large-scale molecular simulations are performed to investigate tensile failure of polymer
interfaces as a function of welding time t. Changes in the tensile stress, mode of failure and …

Self-healing of polymer films often takes place as the molecules diffuse across a damaged
region, above their melting temperature. Using molecular dynamics simulations we probe …

Performance and properties of materials may strongly depend on processing conditions.
This is particularly so for polymers, which often have relaxation times much longer than the …

In both research and industrial settings spincoating is extensively used to prepare highly
uniform thin polymer films. However, under certain conditions, spincoating results in films …

Supramolecular polymers are fascinating materials due to their strikingly self-healing
capabilities empowered by reversible bonds. However, due to the lack of knowledge about …

The surprising optical properties of the non-π-conjugated polymer poly (phenylene
methylene)(PPM) and its derivatives—that is, absorption in the 350–450 nm and …

Both spin-coating and thermal annealing of thin supported glassy polymer films generally
cause stresses arising from rapid solvent evaporation and from a mismatch in expansivities …

While ionomer nanocomposites show promise for advancing the viability of energy storage
technologies, such as the vanadium redox flow battery, the improvements in ion selectivity …

We performed systematic dewetting experiments on isotactic poly (para-methylstyrene)(iP p
MS) films to explore the temperature dependence of the viscoelastic behavior of these films …

The uniform thin films with variable thicknesses (d= 49, 120, 220 nm) of active
pharmaceutical ingredient (API) glibenclamide (GCM) was spin-coated and investigated …