End-Tethered Chains Increase the Local Glass Transition Temperature of Matrix Chains by 45 K Next to Solid Substrates Independent of Chain Length

Influence of Attractive Functional Groups on the Segmental Dynamics and Glass Transition in Associating Polymers

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Structural Relaxation and Vitrification in Dense Cross-Linked Polymer Networks: Simulation, Theory, and Experiment

(2022) Baicheng Mei et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Cooperative Intramolecular Dynamics Control the Chain-Length-Dependent Glass Transition in Polymers

(2022) Daniel L. Baker et al.   Physical Review X

Utilization of Polymer-Tethered Probes for the Assessment of Segmental Polymer Dynamics near the Glass Transition

(2022) Hyangseok Lee et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Polymer segmental dynamics near the interface of silica particles in the particle/polymer composites

(2022) Ganghee Park et al.   JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

Direct Observations of Segmental Dynamics at the Polymer–Substrate Interface Enabled by Localizing Fluorescent Probes with Polymer Brushes

(2021) Yura Chung et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Gradient in refractive index reveals denser near free surface region in thin polymer films

(2021) Yixuan Han et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Glass transition temperature of single-chain polystyrene particles end-grafted to oxide-coated silicon

(2020) Yawei Li et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Thermal and Rheological Analysis of Polystyrene-Grafted Silica Nanocomposites

(2020) Nazam Sakib et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Microscopic Theory of the Effect of Caging and Physical Bonding on Segmental Relaxation in Associating Copolymer Liquids

(2020) Ashesh Ghosh et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Theory of Spatial Gradients of Relaxation, Vitrification Temperature and Fragility of Glass-Forming Polymer Liquids Near Solid Substrates

(2020) Anh D. Phan et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Experimental study of substrate roughness on the local glass transition of polystyrene

(2020) Xinru Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Comparing refractive index and density changes with decreasing film thickness in thin supported films across different polymers

(2020) Yixuan Han et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Molecular Weight Dependence of the Glass Transition Temperature (Tg)-Confinement Effect in Well-Dispersed Poly(2-vinyl pyridine)–Silica Nanocomposites: Comparison of Interfacial Layer Tg and Matrix Tg

(2020) Tong Wei et al.   MACROMOLECULES

The interfacial zone in thin polymer films and around nanoparticles in polymer nanocomposites

(2019) Wengang Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

How Tethered Probes Report the Dynamics of a Polymer near the Glass Transition

(2019) Jiwon Choi et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Progress towards a phenomenological picture and theoretical understanding of glassy dynamics and vitrification near interfaces and under nanoconfinement

(2019) Kenneth S. Schweizer et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Theory of activated glassy dynamics in randomly pinned fluids

(2018) Anh D. Phan et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Nonmonotonic Glass Transition Temperature of Polymer Films Supported on Polymer Brushes

(2018) Hoyeon Lee et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Why we need to look beyond the glass transition temperature to characterize the dynamics of thin supported polymer films

(2018) Wengang Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Optimizing the Grafting Density of Tethered Chains to Alter the Local Glass Transition Temperature of Polystyrene near Silica Substrates: The Advantage of Mushrooms over Brushes

(2018) Xinru Huang et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Influence of grafting on the glass transition temperature of PS thin films

(2017) Marceau Hénot et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E

Perspective: Outstanding theoretical questions in polymer-nanoparticle hybrids

(2017) Sanat K. Kumar et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

The relationship between dynamic and pseudo-thermodynamic measures of the glass transition temperature in nanostructured materials

(2017) Jayachandra Hari Mangalara et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Local glass transition temperature Tg(z) of polystyrene next to different polymers: Hard vs. soft confinement

(2017) Roman R. Baglay et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Polystyrene-Grafted Silica Nanoparticles: Investigating the Molecular Weight Dependence of Glass Transition and Fragility Behavior

(2017) Shadid Askar et al.   MACROMOLECULES

50th Anniversary Perspective: Are Polymer Nanocomposites Practical for Applications?

(2017) Sanat K. Kumar et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Grafting density dominant glass transition of dry polystyrene brushes

(2017) Biao Zuo et al.   Soft Matter

Controlling Interfacial Dynamics: Covalent Bonding versus Physical Adsorption in Polymer Nanocomposites

(2016) Adam P. Holt et al.   ACS Nano

Communication: Experimentally determined profile of local glass transition temperature across a glassy-rubbery polymer interface with a Tg difference of 80 K

(2015) Roman R. Baglay et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

A unifying framework to quantify the effects of substrate interactions, stiffness, and roughness on the dynamics of thin supported polymer films

(2015) Paul Z. Hanakata et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

A coarse-grained molecular dynamics study of segmental structure and mobility in capped crosslinked copolymer films

(2015) T. Davris et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

On the equivalence between the thermodynamic and dynamic measurements of the glass transition in confined polymers

(2015) Rodney D. Priestley et al.   JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS

Glass Formation near Covalently Grafted Interfaces: Ionomers as a Model Case

(2015) Dihui Ruan et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Dynamical Theory of Segmental Relaxation and Emergent Elasticity in Supercooled Polymer Melts

(2015) Stephen Mirigian et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Substantial spatial heterogeneity and tunability of glass transition temperature observed with dense polymer brushes prepared by ARGET ATRP

(2015) Tian Lan et al.   POLYMER

Interfacial mobility scale determines the scale of collective motion and relaxation rate in polymer films

(2014) Paul Z. Hanakata et al.   Nature Communications

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(2013) Sanat K. Kumar et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Effect of Adjacent Rubbery Layers on the Physical Aging of Glassy Polymers

(2013) Phillip M. Rauscher et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Quantitative Analysis of Interdigitation Kinetics between a Polymer Melt and a Polymer Brush

(2013) Alexis Chennevière et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Theory and simulation studies of effective interactions, phase behavior and morphology in polymer nanocomposites

(2013) Venkat Ganesan et al.   Soft Matter

Mechanical Properties of Thin Glassy Polymer Films Filled with Spherical Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles

(2012) Damien Maillard et al.   NANO LETTERS

Static point-to-set correlations in glass-forming liquids

(2012) Ludovic Berthier et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Glass-Transition Temperature Gradient in Nanocomposites: Evidence from Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Differential Scanning Calorimetry

(2012) Aurélie Papon et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Ideal glass transitions by random pinning

(2012) C. Cammarota et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Glass Transition Temperature of Polymer Films That Slip

(2011) Andrew Clough et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Glass Transition Behavior of PS Films on Grafted PS Substrates

(2010) Hoyeon Lee et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Segmental Dynamics in PMMA-Grafted Nanoparticle Composites

(2010) Pinar Akcora et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Confinement effects on glass transition temperature, transition breadth, and expansivity: Comparison of ellipsometry and fluorescence measurements on polystyrene films

(2009) S. Kim et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E

Polymer chain dynamics and glass transition in athermal polymer/nanoparticle mixtures

(2009) Hyunjoon Oh et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Relation between Glass Transition Temperatures in Polymer Nanocomposites and Polymer Thin Films

(2008) Jamie M. Kropka et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Adhesion mechanisms at soft polymer interfaces

(2007) L. Leger et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES