Glass Transition Reductions in Thin Freely-standing Polymer Films: a Scaling Analysis of Chain Confinement Effects
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In this paper we present a new analysis of data on the reduced glass transitions observed in thin freely-standing films. The empirical analysis presented is highly suggestive of the existence of a mechanism of mobility in thin freely-standing films that is inhibited in the bulk and distinct from the usual cooperative motion near the glass transition temperature Tg. A tentative mechanism for Tg reductions in thin freelystanding films is discussed.
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