Glass transition and dynamical behaviour in low-molecular weight glass formers and polymers. Nanoconfinement. Physical ageing.
Materials: monomers, liquid crystals, ionic liquids, amorphous and semi-crystalline polymers, soft and hard membranes, pharmaceutical drugs.
Main technique: Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy
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