Effects of nanoscale confinement and interfaces on the structural relaxation of amorphous polymers monitored at the molecular scale by fluorescence and dielectric spectroscopy
Over the past decade and a half, there has been considerable interest in the effect confinement and interfaces have on the properties of glass forming materials. With the emergence of nanotechnology, some glass formers, in particular polymeric glass formers, will be used at increasingly smaller length scales. An understanding of how polymeric properties are impacted by confinement and interfaces is essential to their full utilization in nanotechnology applications. The focus of this work was to investigate how confinement and interfaces impact the alpha-relaxation dynamics, the glass transition temperature (Tg), and physical aging of polymers
Thesis, Dissertation, English, 2008
Dissertation Abstracts International
2008