In order to address these issues we employed different but complementary techniques (dielectric spectroscopy as a function of temperature and pressure as well as in-situ measurements of the dielectric function, differential scanning calorimetry, reflection microscopy, optofluidics as well as several surface characterization techniques). The research team had a broad experience in experiment, theory and simulation. Apart from the PI, 1 post-doc, 2 graduate students, 2 post-graduate students, several undergraduate students and four external collaborators with experience in polymer theory (Masao Doi, Beijing), self-consistent field theory (SCFT) calculations (Jiajia Zhou, Beijing), atomistic simulations (Vaggelis Harmandaris, Crete) and on surface properties (Hans-Juergen Butt, Mainz) were employed.