Segment dynamics in thin polystyrene films probed by single-molecule optics.
Single fluorescent molecules (represented by spheres with a volume equal to the actual van der Waals volume of the molecule) has been embedded in a polystyrene matrix (left). Such molecules act as probes for the study of polymer nanoscale (segmental scale) dynamics in thin films deposited on a glass cover slide (right).
Tomczak
Nikodem
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Department of Materials Science and Technology of Polymers, University of Twente, MESA Institute for Nanotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands.
Vallée
Renaud A L
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van Dijk
Erik M H P
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Kuipers
Laurens
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van Hulst
Niek F
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Vancso
G Julius
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