Why we need to look beyond the glass transition temperature to characterize the dynamics of thin supported polymer films [Applied Physical Sciences]

There is significant variation in the reported magnitude and even the sign of Tg shifts in thin polymer films with nominally the same chemistry, film thickness, and supporting substrate. The implicit assumption is that methods used to estimate Tg in bulk materials are relevant for inferring dynamic changes in thin...

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