Suppressed Chain Entanglement Induced by Thickness of Ultrathin Polystyrene Films

The thickness effect on the relaxation behavior and chain entanglements was investigated for thin polystyrene films. By following the time evolution of the wetting ridge at the surface induced by a...

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