Physical Properties of Polymers Under Soft and Hard Nanoconfinement: A Review

Polymeric materials under nanoconfinements have substantially deviated physical properties with respect to the bulk, especially glass transition temperature, physical aging, and crystallization behavior. Here we highlight the leading methods for creating various confinement systems. Upon these syste...

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Published inChinese journal of polymer science Vol. 38; no. 6; pp. 565 - 578
Main Authors Ma, Ming-Chao, Guo, Yun-Long
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Beijing Chinese Chemical Society and Institute of Chemistry, CAS 01.06.2020
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Confinement
Crystallization
Glass transition temperature
Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Mechanical properties
Physical properties
Polymer Sciences
Polymers
Review
Temperature
Mechanical properties
Nanoconfinement
Physical aging
Glass transition temperature
Crystallization
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Summary:Polymeric materials under nanoconfinements have substantially deviated physical properties with respect to the bulk, especially glass transition temperature, physical aging, and crystallization behavior. Here we highlight the leading methods for creating various confinement systems. Upon these systems, recent advances on hard and soft confinement effect for glass transition, physical aging, mechanical properties and crystallization of polymers are reviewed in details. Furthermore, as nanoconfined systems in extreme conditions are experimentally inaccessible, simulation results describing confinement effect on such systems are also discussed.
ISSN:0256-7679
1439-6203
DOI:10.1007/s10118-020-2380-3