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Science 31 March 1995:
Vol. 267. no. 5206, pp. 1945 - 1947
DOI: 10.1126/science.267.5206.1945
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Physical Aging in Polymer Glasses

Ian M. Hodge 1

1 Eastman Kodak Company, Imaging Research and Advanced Development, Rochester, NY 14650-2116, USA

Physical aging refers to structural relaxation of the glassy state toward the metastable equilibrium amorphous state, and it is accompanied by changes in almost all physical properties. These changes, which must be taken into account in the design, manufacture, and use of glassy polymer materials and devices, present a daunting challenge to theorists.


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Formation of Glasses from Liquids and Biopolymers.
C. A. Angell (1995)
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