Colloidal self-assembly refers to a solution-processed assembly of nanometer-/micrometer-
sized, well-dispersed particles into secondary structures, whose collective properties are …

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 …

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 …

Qualitatively different thickness dependences have been observed in the glass transition
temperature, T g, of polystyrene (PS) films supported by hydrogen-passivated silicon (H− Si) …

Fusion-evaporation cross sections for N i 64+ N i 64 have been measured down to the 10 nb
level. For fusion between two open-shell nuclei, this is the first observation of a maximum in …

In the past twenty years, substances with low or negative thermal expansivities have
attracted much interest because of their significance in electronic packaging, precision …

Unimode metamaterials made from rotating rigid triangles are analysed mathematically for
their mechanical and thermal expansion properties. It is shown that these unimode systems …

Deviations of chain conformations from Gaussian statistics induce entropic stress that affects
the dynamics of polymer materials. Understanding its role is further complicated by the …

The glass transition temperatures (Tgs) of polystyrene (PS) and styrene/methyl methacrylate
(S/MMA) random copolymer films are characterized by intrinsic fluorescence, ie, monomer …

X-ray reflectivity (XRR) is a powerful and popular scattering technique that can give valuable
insight into the growth behavior of thin films. This study shows how a simple artificial neural …