Polymeric materials under nanoconfinements have substantially deviated physical properties with respect to the bulk,especially glass transition temperature,physical aging,and crystallization behavior.Here we highlight...Polymeric materials under nanoconfinements have substantially deviated physical properties with respect to the bulk,especially glass transition temperature,physical aging,and crystallization behavior.Here we highlight the leading methods for creating various confinement systems.Upon these systems,recent advances on hard and soft confinement effect for glass transition,physical aging,mechanical properties and crystallization of polymers are reviewed in details.Furthermore,as nanoconfined systems in extreme conditions are experimentally inaccessible,simulation results describing confinement effect on such systems are also discussed.展开更多
基金The authorsacknowledge the National Natural Science Foundation of China for financial support through the General Program No.2157408.Y.G.is very grateful to the National Youth 1000 Talent Program of China,the Shanghai 1000 Talent Plan,and the support by the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars,State Education Ministry of China.The authors also acknowledge the start-up fund of Y.G.from both University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute,and School of Materials Science and Engineering at SJTU.
文摘Polymeric materials under nanoconfinements have substantially deviated physical properties with respect to the bulk,especially glass transition temperature,physical aging,and crystallization behavior.Here we highlight the leading methods for creating various confinement systems.Upon these systems,recent advances on hard and soft confinement effect for glass transition,physical aging,mechanical properties and crystallization of polymers are reviewed in details.Furthermore,as nanoconfined systems in extreme conditions are experimentally inaccessible,simulation results describing confinement effect on such systems are also discussed.