The viscosity and density of bis(8-methylnonyl) benzene-1,2- dicarboxylate {diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP)}, with a nominal viscosity at T = 298 K and p = 0.1 MPa of 87 mPa•s, have been measured at temperatures from (298.15 to 423.15) K and pressures from (0.1 to 70) MPa. A vibrating wire viscometer, with a wire diameter of about 0.15 mm, was utilised for the viscosity measurements and the results have an expanded uncertainty, (k = 2), including the error arising from the pressure measurement, of between ±(2 and 2.5) % The density was determined with two vibrating tube densimeters one for operation at p≈0.1 MPa with an expanded uncertainty (k = 2) of about ±0.1 %, the other that used at pressures up to 70 MPa, with an estimated expanded uncertainty (k = 2) of about ±0.3 %. Measurements of density and viscosity were performed on three samples of DIDP each with different purity stated by the supplier and as a function of water mass fraction. The measured viscosity and density are represented by interpolating expressions with differences between the experimental and calculated values that are comparable with the expanded (k = 2) uncertainties. The obtained viscosities at p = 0.1 MPa agree with values reported in the literature within the combined expanded (k = 2) uncertainties of the measurements while our densities differ by no more than 1.5 %. Viscosity data at p > 0.1 MPa deviate systematically from the literature values in the range of -10 % to 10 %. An apparatus capable of simultaneously measuring the solubility of a gas dissolved in a liquid and the viscosity and the density of the resulting mixture over a wide temperature and pressure range was constructed and tested. Preliminary results have been reported.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Tulsa, 1993. / Includes bibliographies.

Thesis--Copenhagen. / Summary in Danish. Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-133) and index.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of Economics. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1996. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [143]-147).

Thesis--Copenhagen. / Summary in Danish. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 117-133.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1959. / Typescript. Abstracted in Dissertation abstracts, v. 20 (1959) no. 2, p. 614-615. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 166-171).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Brown University, 2005. / Vita. Thesis advisor: Chi-Wang Shu. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-87). Also available online.

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Polymer thin films with the film thickness (h0) below ~ 100 nm often exhibit physical properties different from the bulk counterparts. In order to make the best use of polymer thin films in applications, it is important to understand the physical origins of these deviations. In this dissertation, I will investigate how different factors influence dynamic properties of polymer thin films upon nano-confinement, including glass transition temperature (Tg), effective viscosity (ηeff) and self-diffusion coefficient (D). The first part of this dissertation concerns the impacts of the molecular weight (MW) and tacticity on the Tg’s of nano-confined polymer films. Previous experiments showed that the Tg of polymer films could be depressed or increased as h0 decreases. While these observations are usually attributed to the effects of the interfaces, some experiments suggested that MW’s and tacticities might also play a role. To understand the effects of these factors, the Tg’s of silica-based poly(α-methyl styrene) (PαMS/SiOx) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA/SiOx) thin films were studied, and the results suggested that MW’s and tacticities influence Tg in nontrivial ways. The second part concerns an effort to resolve the long-standing controversy about the correlation between different dynamics of polymer thin films upon nano-confinement. Firstly, I discuss the experimental results of Tg, D and ηeff of poly(isobutyl methacrylate) films supported by silica (PiBMA/SiOx). Both Tg and D were found to be independent of h0, but ηeff decreased with decreasing h0. Since both D and ηeff describe transport phenomena known to depend on the local friction coefficient or equivalently the local viscosity, it is questionable why D and ηeff displayed seemingly inconsistent h0 dependencies. We envisage the different h0 dependencies to be caused by Tg, D and ηeff being different functions of the local Tg’s (Tg,i) or viscosities (ηi). By assuming a three-layer model, we were able to account for the experimental data and resolve the inconsistency. By extending the same ideas to the analogous data of silica-based polystyrene films (PS/SiOx), we found a resolution to the inconsistency regarding the effects of nano-confinement on the dynamics of polymer thin films.