Glass is an integral part of the amorphous materials family that has shown great potential in
applications ranging from daily life to high-tech fields such as healthcare, architecture …

Capillary rise infiltration of molecular glasses into self-assembled layers of rigid
nanoparticles (NPs) can produce highly confined molecular nanocomposite films (MNCFs) …

Physically confining polymers into nanoscale pores induces significant changes in their
dynamics. Although different results on the effect of confinement on the dynamics of …

The relationship between the dynamics and structure of amorphous thin films and
nanocomposites near their glass transition is an important problem in soft-matter physics …

Most research on polymer composites has focused on adding discrete inorganic nanofillers
to a polymer matrix to impart properties not found in polymers alone. However, properties …

Accurate characterization of the glass transition temperature (T g) in polymer thin films is
pivotal for their application in nanotechnology. Here, we introduced a novel and simple …

The incorporation of a glassy material into a self-assembled nanoparticle (NP) film can
produce highly loaded nanocomposites. Reduction of the NP diameter can lead to extreme …

Broadband dielectric spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry were used to study
the effect of changes in the surface conditions on the segmental dynamics of poly …

Using coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations, we examine structure and dynamics
of polymer solutions under confinement within the pores of a hexagonally close-packed …

Dielectric spectroscopy (DS) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) were employed to
study the effect of changes in the surface conditions on the segmental dynamics of poly …