240
S. Napolitano
28. Fukao K, Koyama A, Tahara D, Kozono Y, Miyamoto Y, Tsurutani N (2003) Structure formation
from the oriented glassy states of poly(ethylene terephthalate). J Macromol Sci-Phys B42(3–
4):717
29. Rotella C, Napolitano S, De Cremer L, Koeckelberghs G, Wubbenhorst M (2010) Distribution
of segmental mobility in ultrathin polymer films. Macromolecules 43(20):8686
30. Rittigstein P, Priestley RD, Broadbelt LJ, Torkelson JM (2007) Model polymer nanocomposites
provide an understanding of confinement effects in real nanocomposites. Nat Mater 6(4):278
31. Panagopoulou A, Rodríguez-Tinoco C, White RP, Lipson JEG, Napolitano S (2020) Substrate
roughness speeds up segmental dynamics of thin polymer films. Phys Rev Lett 124(027802)
32. Bebin P, Prud’homme RE (2003) Comparative XPS study of copper, nickel, and aluminum
coatings on polymer surfaces. Chem Mater 15(4):965
33. Reiter G, de Gennes PG (2001) Spin-cast, thin, glassy polymer films: highly metastable forms
of matter. Eur Phys J E 6(1):25
34. Kremer F, Schoenhals A (2003) Broadband dielectric spectroscopy. Springer, Berlin
35. Bottcher C (1973) Theory of dielectric polarization. Elsevier Amsterdam
36. Napolitano S, Wubbenhorst M (2006) Slowing down of the crystallization kinetics in ultrathin
polymer films: a size or an interface effect? Macromolecules 39(18):5967
37. Napolitano S, Sferrazza M (2017) How irreversible adsorption affects interfacial properties of
polymers. Adv Colloid Int Sci 247(172)
38. Despotopoulou MM, Frank CW, Miller RD, Rabolt JF (1996) Kinetics of chain organization
in ultrathin poly(di-n-hexylsilane) films. Macromolecules 29(18):5797
39. Frank CW, Rao V, Despotopoulou MM, Pease RFW, Hinsberg WD, Miller RD, Rabolt JF
(1996) Structure in thin and ultrathin spin-cast polymer films. Science 273(5277):912
40. Capitan MJ, Rueda DR, Ezquerra TA (2004) Inhibition of the crystallization in nanofilms of
poly(3-hydroxybutyrate). Macromolecules 37(15):5653
41. Schonherr H, Frank CW (2003a) Ultrathin films of poly(ethylene oxides) on oxidized silicon. 1.
Spectroscopic characterization of film structure and crystallization kinetics. Macromolecules
36(4):1188
42. Schonherr H, Frank CW (2003b) Ultrathin films of poly(ethylene oxides) on oxidized silicon.
2. In situ study of crystallization and melting by hot stage AFM. Macromolecules 36(4):1199
43. Ahumada O, Ezquerra TA, Nogales A, BaltaCalleja FJ, Zachmann HG (1996) Influence of
liquid crystalline order on the dielectric relaxation of random copolyesters of PET, PEN, and
PHB. Macromolecules 29(14):5002
44. Bergmann A, Owen A (2004) Dielectric relaxation spectroscopy of poly (R)-3-hydroxybutyrate
(PHB) during crystallization. Polym Int 53(7):863
45. El-Taweel SH, Hohne GWH, Mansour AA, Stoll B, Seliger H (2004) Glass transition and the
rigid amorphous phase in semicrystalline blends of bacterial polyhydroxybutyrate PHB with
low molecular mass atactic R. S-PHB-diol. Polymer 45(3):983
46. Napolitano S, Wubbenhorst M (2007b) Effect of a reduced mobility layer on the interplay
between molecular relaxations and diffusion-limited crystallization rate in ultrathin polymer
films. J Phys Chem B 111(21):5775
47. Napolitano S, Wubbenhorst M (2011) The lifetime of the deviations from bulk behaviour in
polymers confined at the nanoscale. Nat Commun 2(260)
48. Gin P, Jiang N, Liang C, Taniguchi T, Akgun B, Satija SK, Endoh MK, Koga T (2012) Revealed
architectures of adsorbed polymer chains at solid-polymer melt interfaces. Phys Rev Lett
109(26):265501
49. Asada M, Jiang N, Sendogdular L, Sokolov J, Endoh MK, Koga T, Fukuto M, Yang L, Akgun B,
Dimitriou M, Satija S (2014) Melt crystallization/dewetting of ultrathin PEO films via carbon
dioxide annealing: the effects of polymer adsorbed layers. Soft Matter 10(34):6392
50. Housmans C, Sferrazza M, Napolitano S (2014) Kinetics of irreversible chain adsorption.
Macromolecules 47(10):3390
51. Jeong H, Napolitano S, Craig BA, Priestley RD (2017) Irreversible adsorption controls
crystallization in vapor-deposited polymer thin films. J Phys Chem Lett 8(229)
S. Napolitano
28. Fukao K, Koyama A, Tahara D, Kozono Y, Miyamoto Y, Tsurutani N (2003) Structure formation
from the oriented glassy states of poly(ethylene terephthalate). J Macromol Sci-Phys B42(3–
4):717
29. Rotella C, Napolitano S, De Cremer L, Koeckelberghs G, Wubbenhorst M (2010) Distribution
of segmental mobility in ultrathin polymer films. Macromolecules 43(20):8686
30. Rittigstein P, Priestley RD, Broadbelt LJ, Torkelson JM (2007) Model polymer nanocomposites
provide an understanding of confinement effects in real nanocomposites. Nat Mater 6(4):278
31. Panagopoulou A, Rodríguez-Tinoco C, White RP, Lipson JEG, Napolitano S (2020) Substrate
roughness speeds up segmental dynamics of thin polymer films. Phys Rev Lett 124(027802)
32. Bebin P, Prud’homme RE (2003) Comparative XPS study of copper, nickel, and aluminum
coatings on polymer surfaces. Chem Mater 15(4):965
33. Reiter G, de Gennes PG (2001) Spin-cast, thin, glassy polymer films: highly metastable forms
of matter. Eur Phys J E 6(1):25
34. Kremer F, Schoenhals A (2003) Broadband dielectric spectroscopy. Springer, Berlin
35. Bottcher C (1973) Theory of dielectric polarization. Elsevier Amsterdam
36. Napolitano S, Wubbenhorst M (2006) Slowing down of the crystallization kinetics in ultrathin
polymer films: a size or an interface effect? Macromolecules 39(18):5967
37. Napolitano S, Sferrazza M (2017) How irreversible adsorption affects interfacial properties of
polymers. Adv Colloid Int Sci 247(172)
38. Despotopoulou MM, Frank CW, Miller RD, Rabolt JF (1996) Kinetics of chain organization
in ultrathin poly(di-n-hexylsilane) films. Macromolecules 29(18):5797
39. Frank CW, Rao V, Despotopoulou MM, Pease RFW, Hinsberg WD, Miller RD, Rabolt JF
(1996) Structure in thin and ultrathin spin-cast polymer films. Science 273(5277):912
40. Capitan MJ, Rueda DR, Ezquerra TA (2004) Inhibition of the crystallization in nanofilms of
poly(3-hydroxybutyrate). Macromolecules 37(15):5653
41. Schonherr H, Frank CW (2003a) Ultrathin films of poly(ethylene oxides) on oxidized silicon. 1.
Spectroscopic characterization of film structure and crystallization kinetics. Macromolecules
36(4):1188
42. Schonherr H, Frank CW (2003b) Ultrathin films of poly(ethylene oxides) on oxidized silicon.
2. In situ study of crystallization and melting by hot stage AFM. Macromolecules 36(4):1199
43. Ahumada O, Ezquerra TA, Nogales A, BaltaCalleja FJ, Zachmann HG (1996) Influence of
liquid crystalline order on the dielectric relaxation of random copolyesters of PET, PEN, and
PHB. Macromolecules 29(14):5002
44. Bergmann A, Owen A (2004) Dielectric relaxation spectroscopy of poly (R)-3-hydroxybutyrate
(PHB) during crystallization. Polym Int 53(7):863
45. El-Taweel SH, Hohne GWH, Mansour AA, Stoll B, Seliger H (2004) Glass transition and the
rigid amorphous phase in semicrystalline blends of bacterial polyhydroxybutyrate PHB with
low molecular mass atactic R. S-PHB-diol. Polymer 45(3):983
46. Napolitano S, Wubbenhorst M (2007b) Effect of a reduced mobility layer on the interplay
between molecular relaxations and diffusion-limited crystallization rate in ultrathin polymer
films. J Phys Chem B 111(21):5775
47. Napolitano S, Wubbenhorst M (2011) The lifetime of the deviations from bulk behaviour in
polymers confined at the nanoscale. Nat Commun 2(260)
48. Gin P, Jiang N, Liang C, Taniguchi T, Akgun B, Satija SK, Endoh MK, Koga T (2012) Revealed
architectures of adsorbed polymer chains at solid-polymer melt interfaces. Phys Rev Lett
109(26):265501
49. Asada M, Jiang N, Sendogdular L, Sokolov J, Endoh MK, Koga T, Fukuto M, Yang L, Akgun B,
Dimitriou M, Satija S (2014) Melt crystallization/dewetting of ultrathin PEO films via carbon
dioxide annealing: the effects of polymer adsorbed layers. Soft Matter 10(34):6392
50. Housmans C, Sferrazza M, Napolitano S (2014) Kinetics of irreversible chain adsorption.
Macromolecules 47(10):3390
51. Jeong H, Napolitano S, Craig BA, Priestley RD (2017) Irreversible adsorption controls
crystallization in vapor-deposited polymer thin films. J Phys Chem Lett 8(229)