Polymer nanotechnology allows manipulating materials microstructure, morphology and
compositional variation on the nanometer scale. Thus, it is able to provide materials for …

The static and dynamic behavior of polymers in confinement close to interfaces can be very
different from that in the bulk. Among the various geometries, intercalated nanocomposites …

The behavior of polymer fluids in restricted space can be very different from that in the bulk,
especially when the molecules are confined to dimensions comparable to their sizes. The …

We report on the effect of interfacial energy on the glass temperature, T g, of several
amorphous polymers with various glass temperatures and polymer/substrate interactions …

The polymer chain conformation under confinement and the morphology of the nanohybrid
materials are investigated in hydrophilic polymer/layered silicate nanocomposites. A series …

The vibrational properties of crystalline bulk materials are well described by Debye theory,
which successfully predicts the quadratic ω 2 low-frequency scaling of the vibrational density …

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) nanocomposite films for underwater sound absorption
applications are presented. Films were fabricated by a spin coating method and …

The dynamics of lignin, a complex and heterogeneous major plant cell-wall macromolecule,
is of both fundamental and practical importance. Lignin is typically heated to temperatures …

We report on the realisation of a new type of inelastic fixed window scans (IFWS) in neutron
backscattering spectroscopy using the flexibility of linear motor Doppler drives to choose the …

The conformations of polymer chains in poly (ethylene oxide)/silica nanoparticles,
PEO/SiO2, nanohybrids have been investigated through a combined approach that involves …