title: Segment dynamics in thin polystyrene films probed by single-molecule optics.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: Nikodem
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tomczak
authors.forename: Renaud A L
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Vallée
authors.forename: Erik M H P
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: van Dijk
authors.forename: Laurens
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kuipers
authors.forename: Niek F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: van Hulst
authors.forename: G Julius
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Vancso