Publications
75) Wang, B.; Sanviti, M.; Alegria, Á. and Napolitano, S.*, Molecular Mobility of Polymers at the Melting Transition, ACS Macro Letters 2023 accepted
74) Wang, M.; Zhang, C.; Liu, G.*; Napolitano. S.*; Wang, D., Physical Aging of Polystyrene Confined in Anodic Aluminum Oxide Nanopores, Langmuir 2023 in press
73) Mannini, G.*; Benali, S.; Mathew, A; Napolitano. S.; Raquez, J.-M., Goole, J. Paliperidone palmitate as model of heat-sensitive drug for long-acting 3D printing application, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2022, 618, 121662
72) Song, Z.; Rodríguez-Tinoco; C.Mathew, A. and Napolitano. S.*, Fast equilibration mechanisms in disordered materials mediated by slow liquid dynamics, Science Advances 2022 8, eabm7154
71) Song, Z.; White, R., D.; Lipson J. E. G. and Napolitano, S.*, Experimental and Modeling Comparison of the Dynamics of Capped 2 and Freestanding Poly(2-chlorostyrene) Films, ACS Macro Letters, 2022, 11, 91-95
70) Abate, A.A.; D. Cangialosi* and Napolitano S.*, High Throughput Optimization Procedure to Charachterize Vitrification Kinetics, Thermochimica Acta, 2022, 707 179084
69) Liu, J.*; Liu, G.; Song, Z.; Kaltenegger, M; Silva de Moraes, L.; Gopi, E.; Napolitano, S. and Geerts, Y. H., Memory Effect and Crystallization of (R, S)‑2-Chloromandelic Acid 2 Glass, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2021, 125, 13339–13347
68) Nieto Simavilla, D.; Abate, A.A.; Liu, J., Geerts, Y.H.; Losada-Peréz, P. and Napolitano S.*, 1D-Confinement Inhibits the Anomaly in Secondary Relaxation of a Fluorinated Polymer, ACS Macro Letters, 2021, 10, 649
67) Wang, B.; Mathew, A. and Napolitano. S.*, Temperature and Thickness Dependence of the Time Scale of Crystallization of Polymers under 1D Confinement, ACS Macro Letters, 2021, 10, 476
66) Dinelli, F.*; Pingue, P.; Signore, G.; Napolitano, S., Morphological and Elastic Transition of Polystyrene Adsorbed Layers on Silicon Oxide, Journal of Microscopy, 2020, 280, 3, 280
65) Monnier, X.; Napolitano, S.* & Cangialosi D.*, Direct observation of desorption of a melt of long polymer chains, Nature Communications, 2020, 11, 4354
64) Vanroy, B.; Wübbenhorst, M.; Napolitano, S.*;Remotely Controlling the Crystallization of Thin Polymer Coatings, Macromolecules, 2020, 53, 4882-4888
63) Napolitano, S.*, Irreversible adsorption of polymer melts and nanoconfinement effects, Soft Matter, 2020, 16, 5348-5365
62) Rodríguez-Tinoco, C.; Nieto S. D., Priestley, R.D.; Wübbenhorst, M and Napolitano, S.*,Density of Obstacles Affects Diffusion in Adsorbed Polymer Layers, ACS Macro Letters, 2020, 9, 318–322
61) Napolitano, S.*;Topical Issue on Dielectric Spectroscopy Applied to Soft Matter (editorial), EPJE, 2020, 43: 4
60) Panagopoulo, A.; Rodríguez-Tinoco, C.; White, R. P.; Lipson, J.E.G. and Napolitano, S.,* Substrate Roughness Speeds Up Segmental Dynamics of Thin Polymer Films, Physical Review Letters, 2020, 124, 027802
59) Chandran, S.*; Baschnagel, J.; Cangialosi. D.; Fukao, K. Glynos. E.; Janssen, L. C. M.; Müller, M.; Muthukumar, M.; Steiner, U.; Xu, J.; Napolitano, S.* and Reiter, G.* Processing Pathways Decide Polymer Properties at the Molecular Level, Macromolecules, 2019, 52, 7146-7156
58) Debot, A.; Tripathi, P. and Napolitano, S.* Solution filtering affects the glassy dynamics of spincoated thin films of poly(4-chlorostyrene) European Physical Journal E 2019, 42 102
57) Adrjanowicz, K.*; Winkler, R.; Dzienia, A.; Paluch, M.; Napolitano, S., Connecting 1D and 2D Confined Polymer Dynamics to its Bulk Behavior via Density Scaling ACS Macro Lett. 2019, 8, 3, 304-309
56) Waeytens, J.; Doneux, T., and Napolitano, S.*; Evaluating mechanical properties of polymers at the nanoscale level via AFM-IR, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2019, 1, 3
55) Debot, A.; White, R.; Lipson, J. and Napolitano, S.*;Experimental Test of the Cooperative Free Volume Rate Model under 1D Confinement: The Interplay of Free Volume, Temperature, and Polymer Film Thickness in Driving Segmental Mobility, ACS Macro Letters, 2019, 8, 41
54) Nieto S., D..; Huang, W.; Housmans, C.; Sferrazza, M. and Napolitano, S.*;Taming the strength of interfacial interactions via nanoconfinement, ACS Central Science 2018, 4, 775
53) Wojciech, O.*; Tempelman, K.; Napolitano, S. and Benes, N. E.; Evidence of a Transition Layer between the Free Surface and the Bulk J Phys Chem Lett 2018, 9, 1195-1199
52) Madkour, S.; Szymoniak, P; Hertwig, A.; Heidari, M.; von Klitzing, R.; Napolitano, S.; Sferrazza, M. and Schönhals A.*; Decoupling of Dynamic and Thermal Glass Transition in Thin Films of a PVME/PS Blend ACS Macro Lett., 2017, 6, 1156-1161
51) Nieto S., D.; Huang, W.; Vandestrick, P.; Ryckaert, J.-P.; Sferrazza, M and Napolitano, S.*; Mechanisms of Polymer Adsorption onto Solid Substrates, ACS Macro Lett., 2017, 6, 975–979
50) Panagopoulou, A. & Napolitano, S.*; Irreversible Adsorption Governs the Equilibration of Thin Polymer Films, Physical Review Letters, 2017, 119, 9, 097801 in the news
49) Nieto S., D., D.; Panagopoulou, A and Napolitano, S.*; Characterization of Adsorbed Polymer Layers: Preparation, Determination of the Adsorbed Amount and Investigation of the Kinetics of Irreversible Adsorption Macromol. Chem. Phys., 2017, 1700303
48) Perez-de-Eulate, N. G.; Sferrazza, M.; Cangialosi, D.; Napolitano, S.*; Irreversible Adsorption Erases the Free Surface Effect on the Tg of Supported Films of Poly(4-tert-butylstyrene), ACS Macro Lett., 2017, 6, 354–358
47) Sferrazza, M.; Napolitano, S.*; Advances in How irreversible adsorption affects interfacial properties of polymers, Advances in Colloids and Interfacial Science, 2017
46) Braatz, M.-L.; Infantas, L.; Sferrazza, M.; Napolitano S,* Unexpected impact of irreversible adsorption on thermal expansion: adsorbed layers are not that dead, Journal of Chemical Physics, 2017, 146, 203304
45) Napolitano, S.* Staying conductive in the stretch, Science, 2017, 335, 24
44) Jeong, H.; Napolitano, S.; Arnold, C. B. and Priestley R. D.*; Irreversible Adsorption Controls Crystallization in Vapor-Deposited Polymer Thin Films J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8, 229–234
43) Napolitano, S.*; Glynos, E.; Tito, N. B. Glass transition of polymers in bulk, confined geometries, and near interfaces, Reports of Progress in Physics, 2017, 80, 036602
42) Jasiurkowska-Delaporte, M.; Napolitano, S.; Leys, J.; …, Glass Transition Dynamics and Crystallization Kinetics in the Smectic Liquid Crystal 4-n-Butyloxybenzylidene-4′-n′-octylaniline (BBOA), The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2016, 120, 12160
41) Burroughs, M.; Cangialosi, D.; Napolitano, S.; Priestley, R. D.*, Direct Measurement of Glass Transition Temperature in Exposed and Buried Adsorbed Polymer Nanolayers, Macromolecules, 2016, 49, 4647-4655
40) Napolitano, S.* Caught in the Tube, Physics, 2015, 8, 93
39) Spièce, J.; Martinez-Tong, D.E.; Sferrazza, M.; Nogales, A.; Napolitano, S.*, Are polymers glassier upon confinement?, Sott Matter, 2015, 11 6179-6186
38) Gnecco, E.; Pedraz, P.; Nita, P.; Dinelli, F.; Napolitano, S.; Pingue, P.*, Surface rippling induced by periodic instabilities on a polymer surface, New Journal of Physics, 2015, 17, 032001
37) Priestley, R. D.*; Cangialosi, D.*; Napolitano, S.*, On the Equivalence Between the Thermodynamic and Dynamic Measurements of the Glass Transition in Confined Polymers, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2015, 407, 288-295
36) Wubbenhorst, M*; Casina, A.; Vanroy, B.; Napolitano, S., Ultrathin polymer films by single molecule deposition, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2015, 407, 270-276
35) Housmans, C.; Sferrazza, M.; Napolitano, S.*; Kinetics of irreversible chain adsorption, Macromolecules, 2014, 47, 3390-3393
34) Martínez-Tong, D. E.*; Vanroy, B.; Wübbenhorst, M.; Nogales, A.; Napolitano, S.* Crystallization of poly(L-lactide) confined in ultrathin films: competition between finite size effects and irreversible chain adsorption, Macromolecules, 2014, 47, 2354-2360
33) Tang, Q.*; Hu, W. and Napolitano, S. Slowing down of accelerated structural relaxation in ultrathin polymer films Physical Review Letters, 2014, 112, 148306
32) Napolitano, S.*; Cangialosi, D.*, Interfacial free volume and vitrification: the reduction in Tg in proximity of an adsorbing interface explained by the Free Volume Holes Diffusion model, Macromolecules, 2013, 46, 8051–8053
31) Napolitano, S.*; Capponi, S., Vanroy, B., Glassy dynamics of soft matter under 1D confinement: How irreversible adsorption affects molecular packing, mobility gradients and orientational polarization in thin films, invited COLLOQUIUM, European Physical Journal E, 2013, 36, 61
30) Vanroy, B.; Wübbenhorst, M.; Napolitano, S.*, Crystallization of thin polymer layers confined between two adsorbing walls, ACS Macro Letters, 2013, 2, 168-172
29) Capponi, S.; Napolitano, S.*; Wübbenhorst, M., Supercooled liquids with enhanced orientational order, Nature Communications, 2012, 3, 1233
28) Napolitano, S.; D’Acunto, M.; Baschieri, P.; Gnecco, E., Pingue, P.*Ordered Rippling of Polymer Surfaces: Impact of scan pattern and boundary effects, Nanotechnology, 2012, 23, 475301
27) Napolitano, S.*; Rotella, C.; Wübbenhorst, M., Can Thickness and Interfacial Interactions Univocally Determine the Behavior of Polymers Confined at the Nanoscale? ACS Macro Letters, 2012, 1, 1189-1193
26) Yin, H.; Napolitano, S.; Schoenhals, A. Molecular Mobility and Glass Transition of Thin Films of Poly(Bisphenol A Carbonate), Macromolecules, 2012, 45 1652-1662
25) Rotella, C.*; Napolitano, S.; Vandendriessche, S.; Valev, V.K.; Verbiest, T.; Larkowska, M.; Kucharski, S.; Wübbenhorst, M., Adsorption kinetics of ultrathin polymer films in the melt probed by dielectric spectroscopy and second harmonic generation, Langmuir 2011, 27 13533-13538
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24) Rotella, C.; Wübbenhorst, M.; Napolitano, S.*, Probing interfacial mobility profiles via the impact of nanoscopic confinement on the strength of the dynamic glass transition, Soft Matter 2011, 7, 5260-5266
23) Napolitano, S.*; Rotella, C.; Wübbenhorst, M., Is the reduction in tracer diffusivity under nanoscopic confinement related to a frustrated segmental mobility? Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2011, 32, 844-848
22) Napolitano, S.*; Wübbenhorst, M., The lifetime of the deviations from bulk behavior in polymer confined at the nanoscale, Nature Communications 2011, 2, 260
21) Monnaie, I.; Napolitano, S.*; Nies, E.; Wübbenhorst, M., Exploiting interfacial polarization to detect phase transitions in dilute solution: crystallization and melting of P3HT in toluene down to ppm contents, Polymer 2011, 52, 239-242
20) Meersman, F.; Geukens, B.; Wübbenhorst, M.; Leys, J.; Napolitano, S.; Filinchuk, Y.; Van Assche, G.; Van Mele, B.; Nies, E.*, Dynamics of the Crystal to Plastic Crystal Transition in the Hydrogen Bonded N-(Isopropyl) propionamide, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2010, 114, 13944–13949
19) Napolitano, S.*; Wübbenhorst, M., Structural relaxation and dynamic fragility of freely standing polymer films, Polymer 2010, 51, 5309-5312
18) Rotella, C.; Napolitano, S*.; De Cremer, L.; Koeckelberghs, G.; Wübbenhorst, M., Distribution of segmental mobility in ultrathin polymer films, Macromolecules 2010, 43, 8686-8691
17) Dimopoulos, A.; Wietor, J.-L.; Wübbenhorst, M.; Napolitano, S.; de With, G.; Benthem, R.; Sijbesma, R.*, Enhanced Mechanical Relaxation below the Glass Transition Temperature in Partially Supramolecular Networks, Macromolecules 2010, 43, 8664-8669
16) Capponi, S.; Napolitano, S.; Couderc, G.; Behrnd, N.-R.; Hulliger, J.; Wübbenhorst, M.*, Structural relaxation in nanometer thin layers of glycerol, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2010, 114, 16696-16699
15) Reiter,G.*; Napolitano, S., Possible origin of the thickness-dependent deviations from bulk properties of ultrathin polymer films, (invited) VIEWPOINT, Journal of Polymer Science, part B: Physics 2010, 24, 2544-2547
14) Wübbenhorst, M.*; Capponi, S.; Napolitano, S.; Rozanski, S.; Couderc, G.; Behrnd, N.-R.; Hulliger, J., Dynamics in ultrathin liquid films studied by simultaneous dielectric spectroscopy (DS) and organic molecular beam deposition (OMBD) European Physical Journal – Special Topics 2010, 189, 181-186
13) Napolitano, S.*; Pilleri, A.; Rolla, P.; Wübbenhorst, M., Unusual deviations from bulk behavior in ultrathin films of poly(tert-butylstyrene): can dead layers induce a reduction of Tg? ACS Nano, 2010, 2, 841-848
12) Rotella, C.; Napolitano, S.*; Wübbenhorst, M.*, Segmental mobility and glass transition temperature of freely suspended ultrathin polymer membranes Macromolecules, 2009, 42, 1061-1063
11) Peter, S.; Napolitano, S.; Meyer, H.; Wübbenhorst, M., Baschnagel, J.* Modeling dielectric relaxation in polymer glass simulations: dynamics in the bulk and in supported polymer films Macromolecules, 2008, 41, 7729-7743
10) Napolitano, S.*; Lupascu, V; Wübbenhorst, M., Temperature dependence of the deviations from bulk behaviour Macromolecules, 2008, 41, 1061-1063
9) Napolitano, S.*; Wübbenhorst, M., Dielectric signature of a dead layer in ultrathin films of a non-polar polymerJournal of Physical Chemistry B, 2007. 111, 9197-9199
8) Napolitano, S.*; Wübbenhorst, M., Effect of a reduced mobility layer on the interplay between molecular relaxations and diffusion limited crystallization rate in ultrathin polymer films Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2007. 111 5575-5580
7) Napolitano, S.*; Wübbenhorst, M., Monitoring the cold crystallization of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) via dielectric spectroscopy Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2007 353(47-51) 4357-4361
6) Napolitano, S.*; Wübbenhorst, M.*, Deviation from bulk behaviour in the cold crystallization kinetics of ultrathin films of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), PHB Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2007 19 205121
5) D’Acunto, M.*; Napolitano, S.; Pingue, P.; Giusti, P.; Rolla, P., Fast formation of ripples induced by AFM. A new method for patterning polymers on nanoscale Materials Letters, 2007 61 3305-3309
4) Prevosto, D.; Napolitano, S.*; Pingue, P.; Capaccioli, S.; Lucchesi, M., Investigation of structural relaxation and surface modification of ultrathin films of poly(ethylene terephthalate) European Physical Journal – Special Topics, 2007. 141 193-198
3) Kessairi, K.; Napolitano, S.; Capaccioli, S.; Rolla, P.; Wübbenhorst, M.*, Molecular dynamics of atactic polypropylene investigated by broadband dielectric spectroscopy Macromolecules, 2007 40(6) 1786-1788
2) Napolitano, S.; Prevosto, D.; Lucchesi, M.; Pingue, P.; D’Acunto, M.; Rolla, P.*, Influence of a reduced mobility layer on the structural relaxation dynamics of aluminium capped ultrathin films of poly(ethylene terephthalate). Langmuir, 2007. 23(4) 2103-2109
1) Napolitano, S.*; Wübbenhorst, M., Slowing down of the crystallization kinetics in ultrathin polymer films: A size or an interface effect? Macromolecules, 2006. 39(18) 5967-5970