In this article, the effects of size and confinement at the nanometre size scale on both the
melting temperature, T m, and the glass transition temperature, T g, are reviewed. Although …

Amorphous metallic alloys, also called metallic glasses, are of considerable technological
importance. The metastability of these systems, which gives rise to various rearrangement …

The glass transition is well known to glass makers or from the common ex perience of drying
a used chewing gum. A liquid melt or a rubber becomes a solid glass when its temperature …

We review recent work on the motion of polymer molecules confined to thin films. There has
been considerable experimental evidence for large reductions in the glass transition …

The nature of alterations to dynamics and vitrification in the nanoscale vicinity of interfaces—
commonly referred to as “nanoconfinement” effects on the glass transition—has been an …

We have used Brillouin light scattering to make a detailed study of the behavior of the glass
transition temperature T g in ultrathin, free-standing polystyrene films. The glass transitions …

Non-classical behaviour, brought about by a confinement that imposes spatial constraints on
molecules, is opening avenues to novel applications. For example, carbon nanotubes …

The thermal transitions of confined polymers are important for the application of polymers in
molecular scale devices and advanced nanotechnology. However, thermal transitions of …

Measurement of the thermoviscoelastic behavior of glass-forming liquids in the nanometer
size range offers the possibility of increased understanding of the fundamental nature of the …

Near their glass transition temperature T g, supercooled liquids display dramatic changes
regarding the dynamics if subject to geometrical restrictions on the scale of 2 to 200 nm …