Glass transition and thermal expansivity of polystyrene thin films
β Scribed by R. Inoue; T. Kanaya; T. Miyazaki; K. Nishida; I. Tsukushi; K. Shibata
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 236 KB
- Volume
- 442
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0921-5093
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The glass transition can be measured at different experimental conditions. Using spectroscopic methods at relative high frequency the a-relaxation is measured in the thermodynamic equilibrium. In the caloric case we call this phenomenon thermal relaxation transition (TRT). With a conventional differ
## Abstract **Summary:** A unified model is developed for the finite sizeβeffect on the glassβtransition temperature of polymers, __T__~g~(__D__), where __D__ denotes the diameter of particles or thickness of films. In terms of this model, __T__~g~ depends on both the size and interface conditions.
A quantitative explanation is given for the apparent viscosity increase with increasing capillary shear rate for polystyrene at temperatures approaching the glass transition, T,. Possible shifts in T, as a function of the parameters shear rate, frequency, and pressure are interrelated to viscosity