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Chain Confinement Effects

Chain Confinement Effects is a physical phenomenon in polymer thin films wherein the spatial restriction of polymer chains between nanoscale boundaries alters their conformational entropy, dynamics, and thermodynamic behavior relative to bulk systems.

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Size-Dependent Depression of the Glass Transition Temperature in Polymer Films

Joseph L. Keddie, Richard Jones, Rachel A. Cory · Europhysics Letters (EPL) · 1994 · 1.8K citations

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Interface and chain confinement effects on the glass transition temperature of thin polymer films

James A. Forrest, Kari Dalnoki‐Veress, John Dutcher · Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics · 1997 · 794 citations

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Model polymer nanocomposites provide an understanding of confinement effects in real nanocomposites

Perla Rittigstein, Rodney D. Priestley, Linda J. Broadbelt et al. · Nature Materials · 2007 · 677 citations

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Phase Behavior in Thin Films of Cylinder-Forming Block Copolymers

Armin W. Knoll, A. Horvat, K. S. Lyakhova et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2002 · 514 citations

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Molecular weight dependence of reductions in the glass transition temperature of thin, freely standing polymer films

Kari Dalnoki‐Veress, James A. Forrest, Christopher I. Murray et al. · Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics · 2001 · 385 citations

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Authors

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    Kevin D. Dorfman

    University of Minnesota, United States

    10 publications · 433 citations

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    Kurt Binder

    Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

    9 publications · 285 citations

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    Peter Cifra

    Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia

    8 publications · 230 citations

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    Sabu Thomas

    Mahatma Gandhi University, India

    7 publications · 340 citations

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    Jeff Z. Y. Chen

    University of Waterloo, Canada

    7 publications · 325 citations

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Institutions

464

  1. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

    Mainz, Germany

    16 h-index

    42 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    15 h-index

    17 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    14 h-index

    42 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. Northwestern University

    Evanston, United States

    11 h-index

    45 publications

    5.1K citations

  5. University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst Center, United States

    11 h-index

    27 publications

    2.6K citations

  6. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    10 h-index

    31 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. University of Akron

    Akron, United States

    9 h-index

    37 publications

    2.8K citations

  8. National Institute of Standards and Technology

    Gaithersburg, United States

    9 h-index

    22 publications

    2K citations

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  1. Macromolecules

    70 publications · 3.6K citations

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  2. The Journal of Chemical Physics

    52 publications · 2.7K citations

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  3. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 20 publications · 2.1K citations

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  4. Physical Review E

    PRE · 23 publications · 983 citations

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  5. Soft Matter

    23 publications · 539 citations

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