title: Relation between glass transition temperatures in polymer nanocomposites and polymer thin films.
abstract: Motivated by recent experiments, we examine within a percolation model whether there is a quantitative equivalence in the glass transition temperatures of polymer thin films and polymer nanocomposites. Our results indicate that, while the qualitative behaviors of these systems are similar, a quantitative equivalence cannot be established in general. However, we propose a phenomenological scaling collapse of our results which suggests a simple framework by which the results of the thin films may be used to quantitatively predict the properties of polymer nanocomposites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
authors.forename: Jamie M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kropka
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pryamitsyn
authors.forename: Venkat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ganesan