Tunability is essential for unlocking a range of practical applications of high‐efficiency
metasurface‐based nanophotonic devices and systems. Increased research efforts in this …

Nanostructured materials have enabled new ways of controlling the light–matter interaction,
opening new routes for exciting applications, in display technologies and colorimetric …

Utilizing X-ray reflectivity and infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (IR-RAS), we have
investigated the thermal expansion and contraction of ultrathin polyvinylphenol (PVPh) films …

The relaxation of ultrathin polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) films, which were spin-coated on
SiO2 and SiOH substrates, was examined with different film thicknesses. In the glassy state …

In the early 1960s, scientists achieved the breakthroughs in the fields of solid surfaces and
artificial layered structures. The advancement of surface science has been supported by the …

In this paper, we report detailed experimental observations of unusual changes in the
thickness of solid poly (N-isopropylacrylamide)(PNIPAM) ultrathin films, which are well …

The experimental observation of an unusual thickness change in polyvinyl acetate (PVAc)
thin films during the temperature cycle across the glass transition temperature (T g,~ 31° C) …

The present paper reports some experimental observations of reproducible uniaxial
negative thermal expansion (u-NTE) in an amorphous polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) ultrathin film …

This study examined the effects of the aging temperature (T age) on structural relaxation in
ultrathin-supported polystyrene (PS) films with thickness~ 0.2 Rg. X-ray reflectivity and …

In addition to the normal thermal expansion in the materials system, which has been already
widely studied in the bulk system, some different mechanism might also exist in the …