Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

Direct observation of desorption of a melt of long polymer chains

  • Xavier Monnier,
  • Simone Napolitano,
  • Daniele Cangialosi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18216-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Although adsorption of polymer chains at solid walls is well understood, their desorption has defied scrutiny so far. Cangialosi et al. use fast scanning calorimetry to rationalize the process before the high temperatures required for loosening the chains can break them apart.