Direct observation of polymer surface mobility via nanoparticle vibrations

Measuring polymer surface dynamics is a challenge of importance to applications ranging from pressure-sensitive adhesives to nanopatterning. Here, the authors introduce a methodology of Brillouin light spectroscopy to reveal polymer surface mobility via nanoparticle vibrations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hojin Kim, Yu Cang, Eunsoo Kang, Bartlomiej Graczykowski, Maria Secchi, Maurizio Montagna, Rodney D. Priestley, Eric M. Furst, George Fytas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04854-w