A ternary blend of entirely biodegradable polymers, namely polylactide (PLA), poly (3-
hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyvalerate)(PHBV), and poly (butylene succinate)(PBS), was first …

Thin polymer films are ubiquitous in manufacturing and medical applications, and there has
been intense interest in how film thickness and substrate interactions influence film …

Polymers are increasingly being used in applications with nanostructured morphologies
where almost all polymer molecules are within a few tens to hundreds of nanometers from …

The glass transition temperature (T g) of polymer thin films, one of the most important
parameters to characterize the relaxation behavior of polymer chains in a thin film, has been …

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

We report the origin of the effect of nanoscale confinement on the local viscosity of
entangled polystyrene (PS) films at temperatures far above the glass transition temperature …

We review the recent activity aiming to clarify glassy dynamics in nanostructured polymer
glasses, in particular thin films, nanocomposites and nanospheres. Special emphasis is …