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Ultra thin films of glassy polymers such as polystyrene (PS) can show a) anomalously large thickness changes, b) unexpected dewetting properties, c) large shifts in the glass temperature Tg. The present discussion focusses mainly on point a). A certain cascade of metastable states is presented together with (tentative) explanations.
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Received 1 March 2001 and Received in final form 10 May 2001
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Reiter, G., de Gennes, P. Spin-cast, thin, glassy polymer films: Highly metastable forms of matter. Eur. Phys. J. E 6, 25–28 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s101890170024
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s101890170024