Polymers cooperativity and

Instabilities in UTR polymer films are manifested in two main ways, namely, (i) defects resulting from the coating process, substrate nonuniformities, and conjoining pressure, and (ii) discontinuihes in the thermophysical properties of the hlms due to interfacial effects and polymer cooperative and surface dynamics. 

Instabilities in UTR films can also be manifested as discontinuities in the thermophysical properties of the films due to interfacial effects and polymer cooperative and surface dynamics. Polymer surfaces are regions of enhanced molecular mobility as compared to the bulk, given the decreased constraints on macromolecules at a free surface. The orientation of the surface groups is affected by the nature of the interfacing environment. This implies that polymeric surfaces can restrucmre (in terms of orientation of surface functionalities, concentration of surface groups, etc.) in response to a change in the interfacial phase, in order to adjust their surface properties to the properties of the interfacial medium. °... 

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