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

Does fragility of glass formation determine the strength of Tg-nanoconfinement effects?

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The Glass Transition of a Single Macromolecule

(2016) Weston L. Merling et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Theory of activated glassy relaxation, mobility gradients, surface diffusion, and vitrification in free standing thin films

(2015) Stephen Mirigian et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Glassy dynamics and glass transition in nanometric layers and films: A silver lining on the horizon

(2015) Friedrich Kremer et al.   JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS

Roles of chain stiffness and segmental rattling in ionomer glass formation

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An Emerging Unified View of Dynamic Interphases in Polymers

(2015) David S. Simmons   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Glass Transition Dynamics and Fragility of Ultrathin Miscible Polymer Blend Films

(2015) Ethan C. Glor et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

(2015) Dihui Ruan et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Understanding the Decreased Segmental Dynamics of Supported Thin Polymer Films Reported by Incoherent Neutron Scattering

(2015) Changhuai Ye et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Tuning Polymer Glass Formation Behavior and Mechanical Properties with Oligomeric Diluents of Varying Stiffness

(2015) Jayachandra Hari Mangalara et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Facilitation of interfacial dynamics in entangled polymer films

(2014) Ethan C. Glor et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Communication: Slow relaxation, spatial mobility gradients, and vitrification in confined films

(2014) Stephen Mirigian et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Fragility and molecular mobility in micro- and nano-layered PC/PMMA films

(2014) K. Arabeche et al.   POLYMER

Nanoconfinement effects on the fragility of glass formation of a model freestanding polymer film

(2014) M. D. Marvin et al.   Soft Matter

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

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

When Does a Glass Transition Temperature Not Signify a Glass Transition?

(2014) J. A. Forrest et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Combined Dependence of Nanoconfined Tg on Interfacial Energy and Softness of Confinement

(2014) Ryan J. Lang et al.   ACS Macro Letters

What can we learn about a dynamical length scale in glasses from measurements of surface mobility?

(2013) J. A. Forrest   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

The relationship of dynamical heterogeneity to the Adam-Gibbs and random first-order transition theories of glass formation

(2013) Francis W. Starr et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Enhancing heterogenous crystallization resistance in a bead-spring polymer model by modifying bond length

(2013) Mark E. Mackura et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Glass Transition Temperature of Polymer–Nanoparticle Composites: Effect of Polymer–Particle Interfacial Energy

(2013) F. Chen et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Subnanoscopic Mapping of Glass Transition Temperature around Ionic Multiplets in Sodium-Neutralized Poly(ethylene-random-methacrylic acid) Ionomer

(2013) Yohei Miwa et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Fragility is a Key Parameter in Determining the Magnitude of Tg-Confinement Effects in Polymer Films

(2013) Christopher M. Evans et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Interfacial Dynamic Length Scales in the Glass Transition of a Model Freestanding Polymer Film and Their Connection to Cooperative Motion

(2013) Ryan J. Lang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Dynamics near Free Surfaces and the Glass Transition in Thin Polymer Films: A View to the Future

(2013) M. D. Ediger et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Local variation of fragility and glass transition temperature of ultra-thin supported polymer films

(2012) Paul Z. Hanakata et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Heterogeneity of the Segmental Dynamics in Cylindrical and Spherical Phases of Diblock Copolymers

(2012) Mohammed Zakaria Slimani et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Generalized localization model of relaxation in glass-forming liquids

(2012) David S. Simmons et al.   Soft Matter

Fragility and cooperative motion in a glass-forming polymer–nanoparticle composite

(2012) Beatriz A. Pazmiño Betancourt et al.   Soft Matter

Dynamics of Nanoconfined Supercooled Liquids

(2011) R. Richert   Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Heterogeneity of the Segmental Dynamics in Lamellar Phases of Diblock Copolymers

(2011) Mohammed Zakaria Slimani et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Effect of Polymer Architecture and Ionic Aggregation on the Scattering Peak in Model Ionomers

(2011) Lisa M. Hall et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Modifying Fragility and Collective Motion in Polymer Melts with Nanoparticles

(2011) Francis W. Starr et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Confined glassy dynamics at grain boundaries in colloidal crystals

(2011) K. H. Nagamanasa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Probing interfacial mobility profiles via the impact of nanoscopic confinement on the strength of the dynamic glass transition

(2011) Cinzia Rotella et al.   Soft Matter

Nature and interrelations of fast dynamic properties in a coarse-grained glass-forming polymer melt

(2011) David S. Simmons et al.   Soft Matter

Molecular mobility in supported thin films of polystyrene, poly(methyl methacrylate), and poly(2-vinyl pyridine) probed by dye reorientation

(2011) Keewook Paeng et al.   Soft Matter

Ten (or more) years of dynamics in confinement: Perspectives for 2010

(2010) G.B. McKenna   European Physical Journal-Special Topics

Suppression of theTg-Nanoconfinement Effect in Thin Poly(vinyl acetate) Films by Sorbed Water

(2010) Soyoung Kim et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Physical Aging in Ultrathin Polystyrene Films: Evidence of a Gradient in Dynamics at the Free Surface and Its Connection to the Glass Transition Temperature Reductions

(2010) Justin E. Pye et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Local and Average Glass Transitions in Polymer Thin Films

(2010) Jane E. G. Lipson et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Glassy Dynamics and Glass Transition in Nanometric Thin Layers of Polystyrene

(2010) Martin Tress et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Glassy Dynamics and Glass Transition in Thin Polymer Layers of PMMA Deposited on Different Substrates

(2010) Michael Erber et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Stress Relaxation in Entangled Polymer Melts

(2010) Ji-Xuan Hou et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Molecular dynamics simulations of glassy polymers

(2010) Jean-Louis Barrat et al.   Soft Matter

Elastic Modulus of Amorphous Polymer Thin Films: Relationship to the Glass Transition Temperature

(2009) Jessica M. Torres et al.   ACS Nano

Percolation model of interfacial effects in polymeric glasses

(2009) J.E.G. Lipson et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B

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

PACKMOL: A package for building initial configurations for molecular dynamics simulations

(2009) L. Martínez et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY

Glass formation and stability of polystyrene–fullerene nanocomposites

(2009) Him C. Wong et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS

Topological analysis of polymeric melts: Chain-length effects and fast-converging estimators for entanglement length

(2009) Robert S. Hoy et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Antiplasticization and the elastic properties of glass-forming polymer liquids

(2009) Robert A. Riggleman et al.   Soft Matter

Creep behavior of ultra-thin polymer films

(2008) Paul A. O'Connell et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

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(2008) Anatoli Serghei et al.   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Glassy Dynamics in Thin Polymer Layers Having a Free Upper Interface

(2008) A. Serghei et al.   MACROMOLECULES