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

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 …

A critical overview of publications on applications of supercritical fluids in polymer formation,
modification and processing is presented. The review is focused on publications that …

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

The adsorbed polymer layer on the inorganic solid surface is crucial in improving the
physical properties of composite nanomaterials; therefore, the properties could be tuned by …

We report the structural relaxation process of irreversibly adsorbed polymer chains via
thermal annealing that lie flat on a solid (“flattened chains”). Amorphous polystyrene and …

The glass transition of supported polystyrene (PS) and poly (2-vinylpyridine)(P2VP) thin
films in the vicinity of the substrate interface was studied by using a nanoplasmonic sensing …

The stability or wettability of thin polymer films on solids is of vital interest in traditional
technologies as well as in new emerging nanotechnologies. We report here that nanoscale …

The question of how to scale the mobility gradient of polymer chains near a substrate in
supported ultrathin polymer films is a great challenge. In this paper, a mobility gradient of …

Here we report a link between the interfacial structure and adhesive property of
homopolymer chains physically adsorbed (ie, via physisorption) onto solids. Polyethylene …