Forming denser glasses on soft substrates
- Resource Type
- Brief Communication
- Authors
- Roth, Connie B.
- Source
- Nature Materials. 23(5):587-588
- Subject
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1476-1122
1476-4660
Physical vapour deposition of small-molecule glass formers onto soft substrates enhances the local dynamics at the top free surface, leading to the formation of denser glasses and providing access to states deeper in the potential energy landscape.