Polymer nanocomposite dielectrics possess exceptional electric properties that are absent
in the pristine dielectric polymers. The matrix/particle interface in polymer nanocomposite …

The lightweight and high-strength functional nanocomposites are important in many
practical applications. Natural biomaterials with excellent mechanical properties provide …

When cooled or pressurized, polymer melts exhibit a tremendous reduction in molecular
mobility. If the process is performed at a constant rate, the structural relaxation time of the …

Polymer coatings of nanometric thickness are about to enter in everyday life as part of a
wide range of applications such as protective layers, stimuli-responsive membranes or as …

Conditions of rapid processing often drive polymers to adopt nonequilibrium molecular
conformations, which, in turn, can give rise to structural, dynamical, and mechanical …

Physical aging is a ubiquitous phenomenon in glassy materials and originates from the fact
that they are generally out-of-equilibrium. Due to the technological and fundamental …

Samples with different amounts of poly (vinyl acetate) adsorbed on silica particles were
prepared in order to study their interfacial interactions and dynamics. The interface of …

Thermal annealing is one of the most indispensable polymer fabrication processes and
plays essential roles in controlling morphologies and properties of polymeric materials. We …

The structural dynamics of polymers and simple liquids confined at the nanometer scale has
been intensively investigated in the last two decades in order to test the validity of theories …

For almost a decade, growing experimental evidence has revealed a strong correlation
between the properties of nanoconfined polymers and the number of chains irreversibly …