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Publications by topic

Nano Dielectric Studies - Dynamics of Polymer Blends
Segmental Dynamics Under Pressure - Dynamics Under Confinement
Water Dynamics - Filler-Polymer Composites
Polymers (various) - Others
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Nano Dielectric Studies

"Broadband nanodielectric spectroscopy by means of amplitude modulation electrostatic force microscopy (AM-EFM)", G.A. Schwartz, C. Riedel, R. Arinero, Ph. Tordjeman, A. Alegría, J. Colmenero. Ultramicroscopy, 111, 1366-1369 (2011).

"Compatibility Studies of Polystyrene and Poly(vinyl acetate) Blends Using Electrostatic Force Microscopy", M.M. Kummali, G.A. Schwartz, A. Alegría, R. Arinero, J. Colmenero. J. Pol. Sci. Part b – Pol. Phys., 49, 1332-1338 (2011).

"Determining concentration depth profiles in fluorinated networks by means of electric force microscopy", L.A. Miccio, M.M. Kummali, P.E. Montemartini, P.A. Oyanguren, G.A. Schwartz, A. Alegría, J. Colmenero. Journal of Chemical Physics, 135, 064704 (2011).

"Numerical study of the lateral resolution in electrostatic force microscopy for dielectric samples", C. Riedel, A. Alegría, G.A. Schwartz, J. Colmenero, J.J. Saenz. Nanotechnology, 22, 285705 (2011).

"On the use of electrostatic force microscopy as a quantitative subsurface characterization technique: A numerical study", C. Riedel, A. Alegría, G.A. Schwartz, R. Arinero, J. Colmenero, J.J. Saenz. Appl. Phys. Lett., 99, 023101 (2011).

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Imaging dielectric relaxation of nano-structured polymers by frequency modulation electrostatic force microscopy", C. Riedel, R. Sweeney, N. Israeloff, R. Arinero, G. A. Schwartz, A. Alegría, Ph. Tordjeman, J. Colmenero. Appl. Phys. Lett., 96, 213110 (2010).

"Nanoscale dielectric properties of insulating thin films: From single point measurements to quantitative images", C. Riedel, G. A. Schwartz, R. Arinero, Ph. Tordjeman, G. Lévêque, A. Alegría, J. Colmenero. Ultramicroscopy, 110, 634-638 (2010).

"Dielectric properties of thin insulating layers measured by Electrostatic Force Microscopy", C. Riedel, R. Arinero, Ph. Tordjeman, M. Ramonda, G. Lévêque, G. A. Schwartz, D. G. de Oteyza, A. Alegría, J. Colmenero. European Physical Journal-Applied Physics, 50, 10501 (2010).

"Nanodielectric mapping of a model polystyrene-poly(vinyl acetate) blend by electrostatic force microscopy", C. Riedel, R. Arinero, Ph. Tordjeman, G. Lévêque, G. A. Schwartz, A. Alegría, J. Colmenero. Physical Review E, 81, 010801 (2010).

"Determination of the nanoscale dielectric constant by means of a double pass method using Electrostatic Force Microscopy", C. Riedel, R. Arinero, Ph. Tordjeman, M. Ramonda, G. Lévêque, G. A. Schwartz, D. G. de Oteyza, A. Alegría, J. Colmenero. Journal of Applied Physics, 106, 024315 (2009).
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Dynamics of Polymer Blends

High Pressure Dynamics of Polymer/Plasticizer Mixtures” G.A. Schwartz, M. Paluch, A. Alegría, J. Colmenero, Journal of Chemical Physics, 131, 044906 (2009).

Adam-Gibbs based model to describe the single component dynamics in miscible polymer blends under hydrostatic pressure” G.A. Schwartz, A. Alegría, J. Colmenero, Journal of Chemical Physics 127, 154907 (2007).

Single Component Dynamics in Miscible Poly(vinyl methyl ether)/Polystyrene Blends Under Hydrostatic Pressure” G.A. Schwartz, J. Colmenero, A. Alegría, Macromolecules 40, 3246 (2007).

Describing the component dynamics in miscible polymer blends. Towards a fully predictive model.” G.A. Schwartz, D. Cangialosi, A. Alegría, J. Colmenero, Journal of Chemical Physics 124, 154904 (2006).

Combining configurational entropy and self-concentration to describe the component dynamics in miscible polymer blends” D. Cangialosi, G.A. Schwartz, A. Alegría, J. Colmenero, Journal of Chemical Physics 123, 144908 (2005).

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Segmental Dynamics Under Pressure

Dielectric study of the segmental relaxation of low and high molecular weight polystyrenes under hydrostatic pressure” G.A. Schwartz, J. Colmenero, A. Alegría, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 353, 4298 (2007).

Pressure-Temperature Dependence of Polymer Segmental Dynamics. Comparison Between the Adam-Gibbs Approach and Density Scallings” G.A. Schwartz, J. Colmenero, A. Alegría, Macromolecules 39, 3931 (2006).

Correlation between temperature-pressure dependence of the α-relaxation and configurational entropy for a glass-forming polymer” G.A. Schwartz, E. Tellechea, J. Colmenero, A. Alegría, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 351, 2616 (2005).
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Dynamics Under Confinement

Relaxation dynamics of a polymer in a 2D confinement” G.A. Schwartz, R. Bergman, J. Swenson, Journal of Chemical Physics 120 (12) 5736-5744 (2004).

Confinement effects on the excess wing in the dielectric loss of glass-formers” R. Bergman, J. Mattsson, C. Svanberg, G.A. Schwartz, J. Swenson, Europhysics Letters 64 (5) 675-681 (2003).

Dielectric relaxation studies of poly(propylene glycol) confined in vermiculite clay”, G.A. Schwartz, R. Bergman, J. Mattsson, J. Swenson, European Physical Journal E 12 S113-S116 (2003).

Dynamics of Propylene Glycol and its Oligomers Confined in Clay” J. Swenson, G.A. Schwartz, R. Bergman, W.S. Howells, European Physical Journal E 12 (1) 179-183 (2003).
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Water Dynamics

"Water Dynamics in poly(vinyl pyrrolidone)-water solution before and after isothermal crystallization." S. Cerveny, S. Ouchiar, G.A. Schwartz, A. Alegría, J. Colmenero. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 356, 3037 (2010).

Water dynamics in n-Propylene Glycol aqueous solutions” S. Cerveny, G.A. Schwartz, A. Alegría, R. Bergman, J. Swenson, Journal of Chemical Physics 124, 194501 (2006).

Glass transition and relaxation processes in supercooled water” S. Cerveny, G.A. Schwartz, R. Bergman, J. Swenson, Physical Review Letters 93 (24) 245702 (2004).
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Filler-Polymer Composites

Thermal Aging of Carbon Black Filled Rubber Compounds. I – Experimental evidence for bridging flocculation.”, G. A. Schwartz, S. Cerveny, A. J. Marzocca, M. Gerspacher, L. Nikiel, Polymer 44, 7229 (2003).

Flocculation in Carbon Black Filled Rubber Compounds” M. Gerspacher, L. Nikiel, H.H. Yang, C.P. O`Farell, G.A. Schwartz, Kautschuk Gummi Kunststoffe 55 (11) 596-604 (2002).

Prediction of Rheometric Properties of Compounds by Using Artificial Neural Networks”, G. A. Schwartz, Rubber Chemistry and Technology 74(1) 116-123 (2001).

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A Numerical Simulation of the Electrical Resistivity of Carbon Black Filled Rubber", G. Schwartz, S. Cerveny, A.J. Marzocca, Polymer 41 6589-6595 (2000).
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Polymers (various)

Positron annihilation response and broadband dielectric spectroscopy: Poly (propylene glycol)” J. Bartoš, G.A. Schwartz, O. Šauša, A. Alegría, J. Krištiak, J. Colmenero, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 356, 782 (2010).

Dielectric alpha- and beta- Relaxations in Uncured Styrene Butadiene Rubber” S. Cerveny, R. Bergman, G.A. Schwartz, P. Jacobson. Macromolecules 35 (11) 4337-4342 (2002).

"Temperature and Strain Rate Dependence of the Tensile Yield Stress of PVC", F. Povolo, G. Schwartz, É.B. Hermida, Journal of Apllied Polymer Science 61 109-117 (1996).

"Stress Relaxation of PVC below the Yield Point", F. Povolo, G. Schwartz, É.B. Hermida, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics 34 1257-1267 (1996).
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Others

An Experimental Method for Studying two-dimensional Percolation”, G. A. Schwartz, S. J. Ludueña, American Journal of Physics 72 (3) 364-366 (2004).

A Novel Measure Method for High Speed Tire Vibrations”, G. A. Schwartz, Journal of Vibration and Control 7 643-651 (2001).
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