Connecting Pressure-Dependent Dynamics to Dynamics under Confinement: The Cooperative Free Volume Model Applied to Poly(4-chlorostyrene) Bulk and Thin Films
- Award ID(s):
- 1708542
- PAR ID:
- 10202324
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Macromolecules
- Volume:
- 51
- Issue:
- 20
- ISSN:
- 0024-9297
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 7924 to 7941
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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