Texas Tech University

Publications

2021

  • Zhou, Y., Young, C.D., Regan, K.E., Lee, M., Banik, S., Kong, D., McKenna, G.B., Robertson-Anderson, R.M., Sing, C.E. and Schroeder, C.M., 2021. Dynamics and Rheology of Ring-Linear Blend Semidilute Solutions in Extensional Flow: Single Molecule Experiments. arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.01222.
  • Chandra Hari Mangalara, S., Paudel, S. and McKenna, G.B., 2021. Mechanical spectral hole burning in glassy polymers—Investigation of polycarbonate, a material with weak β-relaxation. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 154(12), p.124904.
  • Chen, D. and McKenna, G.B., 2021. Deep glassy state dynamic data challenge glass models: Configurational entropy models. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 566, p.120871.

2020

  • Li, Q., Peng, X., Chen, D. and McKenna, G.B., 2020. The Laplace approach in microrheology. Soft Matter, 16(14), pp.3378-3383. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SM02242B
  • Qian, Z., Chen, D. and McKenna, G.B., 2020. Re-visiting the "consequences of grafting density on the linear viscoelastic behavior of graft polymers". Polymer, 186, p.121992. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2019.121992
  • McKenna, G.B., 2020. LOOKING AT THE GLASS TRANSITION: CHALLENGES OF EXTREME TIME SCALES AND OTHER INTERESTING PROBLEMS. Rubber Chemistry and Technology, 93(1), pp.79-120. Doi: https://doi.org/10.5254/rct.20.80376
  • Mangalara, S.C.H. and McKenna, G.B., 2020. Mechanical hole-burning spectroscopy of PMMA deep in the glassy state. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 152(7), p.074508. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5136094
  • Brazil, O., de Silva, J.P., Chowdhury, M., Yoon, H., McKenna, G.B., Oliver, W.C., Kilpatrick, J., Pethica, J.B. and Cross, G.L., 2020. In situ measurement of bulk modulus and yield response of glassy thin films via confined layer compression. Journal of Materials Research, 35(6), pp.644-653. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2020.42 
  • Brazil, O., de Silva, J.P., Chowdhury, M., Yoon, H., McKenna, G.B., Oliver, W.C., Kilpatrick, J., Pethica, J.B. and Cross, G.L., 2020. In situ measurement of bulk modulus and yield response of glassy thin films via confined layer compression-ERRATUM. Journal of Materials Research, 35(6), pp.654-654. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2020.67 
  • Bari, R., Koh, Y.P., McKenna, G.B. and Simon, S.L., 2020. Decomposition of HMX in solid and liquid states under nanoconfinement. Thermochimica Acta, 686, p.178542. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tca.2020.178542
  • Fondren, Z.T., Fondren, N.S., McKenna, G.B. and Weeks, B.L., 2020. Crystallization kinetics of pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) thin films on various materials. Applied Surface Science, p.146350. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.146350
  • Sundaravadivelu Devarajan, D., Nourian, P., McKenna, G.B. and Khare, R., 2020. Molecular simulation of nanocolloid rheology: Viscosity, viscoelasticity, and time-concentration superposition. Journal of Rheology, 64(3), pp.529-543. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1122/1.5125142
  • J. G. Wang, Q. Li, X. Peng, G. B. McKenna and R. N. Zia*, ""Dense diffusion" in colloidal glasses: short-ranged long-time self-diffusion as a mechanistic model for relaxation dynamics," Soft Matter, 2020; DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00999G.
  • Jin, Shuang, and Gregory B. McKenna. "Effect of Nanoconfinement on Polymer Chain Dynamics." Macromolecules (2020). Doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00365
  • Cheng, Sixue, Paroma Chakravarty, Karthik Nagapudi, and Gregory B. McKenna. "Isothermal Crystallization Monitoring and Time–Temperature-Transformation of Amorphous GDC-0276: Differential Scanning Calorimetric and Rheological Measurements." Molecular Pharmaceutics (2020). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00776
  • Molnar, Kristof, Carin A. Helfer, Gabor Kaszas, Eniko Krisch, Dongjie Chen, Gregory B. McKenna, Julia A. Kornfield, and Judit E. Puskas. "Liquid chromatography at critical conditions (LCCC): Capabilities and limitations for polymer analysis." Journal of Molecular Liquids (2020): 114956. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114956
  • Tata, James R., Astrid K. Torres Arellano, and Gregory B. McKenna. "Liquid dewetting of ultrathin polystyrene films: Is there a molecular architecture effect?." Journal of Polymer Science. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20200785

2019

  • Li, Q., Peng, X. and McKenna, G.B., 2019. Physical aging and compressed exponential behaviors in a model soft colloidal system. Soft matter, 15(11), pp.2336-2347. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SM02042F
  • Bari, R., Denton, A.A., Fondren, Z.T., McKenna, G.B. and Simon, S.L., 2019. Acceleration of decomposition of CL-20 explosive under nanoconfinement. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, pp.1-7. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-019-09027-5
  • Cheng, S. and McKenna, G.B., 2019. Nanoconfinement Effects on the Glass Transition and Crystallization Behaviors of Nifedipine. Molecular pharmaceutics, 16(2), pp.856-866. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.8b01172
  •  Qian, Z., Koh, Y.P., Pallaka, M.R., Chang, A.B., Lin, T.P., Guzmán, P.E., Grubbs, R.H., Simon, S.L. and McKenna, G.B., 2019. Linear Rheology of a Series of Second-Generation Dendronized Wedge Polymers. Macromolecules, 52(5), pp.2063-2074. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02122
  • Zhou, Y., Hsiao, K.W., Regan, K.E., Kong, D., McKenna, G.B., Robertson-Anderson, R.M. and Schroeder, C.M., 2019. Effect of molecular architecture on ring polymer dynamics in semidilute linear polymer solutions. Nature communications, 10(1), pp.1-10. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09627-7
  • Cheng, S., Friedman, V. and McKenna, G.B., 2019. A calorimetry investigation of glass temperature and fragility of ancient ambers from Texas and Canada. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 521, p.119549. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2019.119549

2018

  • Qian, Z., Risan, J., Stadnick, B. and McKenna, G.B., 2018. Apparent depth‐dependent modulus and hardness of polymers by nanoindentation: Investigation of surface detection error and pressure effects. Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 56(5), pp.414-428. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/polb.24554
  • McKenna, G.B., 2018. Soft matter: rubber and networks. Reports on Progress in Physics, 81(6), p.066602. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6633/aaafe2
  • Banik, S. and McKenna, G.B., 2018. Isochoric structural recovery in molecular glasses and its analog in colloidal glasses. Physical Review E, 97(6), p.062601. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.97.062601
  • Qian, Z. and McKenna, G.B., 2018. Mechanical spectral hole burning of an entangled polymer solution in the stress-controlled domain. Physical Review E, 98(1), p.012501. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.98.012501
  • Qian, Z. and McKenna, G.B., 2018. Expanding the application of the van Gurp-Palmen plot: New insights into polymer melt rheology. Polymer, 155, pp.208-217. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2018.09.036
  • Peng, X., Wang, J.G., Li, Q., Chen, D., Zia, R.N. and McKenna, G.B., 2018. Exploring the validity of time-concentration superposition in glassy colloids: Experiments and simulations. Physical Review E, 98(6), p.062602. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.98.062602
  • Yoon, H. and McKenna, G.B., 2018. Testing the paradigm of an ideal glass transition: Dynamics of an ultrastable polymeric glass. Science advances, 4(12), p.eaau5423. Doi: DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aau5423

2017

  • Qian, Z. and McKenna, G.B., 2017. On the extreme depth dependence of the hardness of PDMS rubber: A problem of false surface detection. Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 55(1), pp.30-38. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/polb.24147
  • Li, Q., Peng, X. and McKenna, G.B., 2017. Long-term aging behaviors in a model soft colloidal system. Soft Matter, 13(7), pp.1396-1404. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1039/C6SM02408D
  • Montgomery, P.C., Chapuis, P., Leong-Hoï, A., Anstotz, F., Rubin, A., Baschnagel, J., Gauthier, C., Reiter, G. and McKenna, G.B., 2017, January. Optical nanoscopy characterization of nanofilms. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 780, No. 1, p. 012003). IOP Publishing. Doi: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/780/1/012003/pdf
  • McKenna, G.B. and Simon, S.L., 2017. 50th anniversary perspective: Challenges in the dynamics and kinetics of glass-forming polymers. Macromolecules, 50(17), pp.6333-6361. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01014
  • Roth, C.B., Baglay, R.R., Simon, S.L., McKenna, G.B., Baschnagel, J., Kriuchevskyi, I., Helfferich, J., Ruscher, C., Meyer, H., Benzerara, O. and Farago, J., 2017. WHAT MAKES POLYMER GLASSES UNIQUE?. In Polymer Glassses. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
  • Yoon, H., Koh, Y.P., Simon, S.L. and McKenna, G.B., 2017. An ultrastable polymeric glass: Amorphous fluoropolymer with extreme fictive temperature reduction by vacuum pyrolysis. Macromolecules, 50(11), pp.4562-4574. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.7b00623
  • Chapuis, P., Montgomery, P.C., Anstotz, F., Leong-Hoï, A., Gauthier, C., Baschnagel, J., Reiter, G., McKenna, G.B. and Rubin, A., 2017. A novel interferometric method for the study of the viscoelastic properties of ultra-thin polymer films determined from nanobubble inflation. Review of Scientific Instruments, 88(9), p.093901. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5000948
  • Yoon, H. and McKenna, G.B., 2017. "Rubbery stiffening" and rupture behavior of freely standing nanometric thin PIB films. Macromolecules, 50(24), pp.9821-9830. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02009

2016

  • Yoon, H. and McKenna, G.B., 2016. Dynamic and temperature dependent response of physical vapor deposited Se in freely standing nanometric thin films. The Journal of chemical physics, 144(18), p.184501. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4948322
  • Peng, X. and McKenna, G.B., 2016. Physical aging and structural recovery in a colloidal glass subjected to volume-fraction jump conditions. Physical Review E, 93(4), p.042603. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.93.042603
  • Mehta, M., McKenna, G.B. and Suryanarayanan, R., 2016. Molecular mobility in glassy dispersions. The Journal of chemical physics, 144(20), p.204506. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4950768
  • Mehta, M., Ragoonanan, V., McKenna, G.B. and Suryanarayanan, R., 2016. Correlation between molecular mobility and physical stability in pharmaceutical glasses. Molecular pharmaceutics, 13(4), pp.1267-1277. Doi: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.5b00853
  • Zhai, M. and McKenna, G.B., 2016. Mechanical properties of pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) single crystals from nano‐indentation: Depth dependent response at the nano meter scale. Crystal Research and Technology, 51(7), pp.414-427. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/crat.201500301
  • McKenna, G.B. and Zhai, M., 2016. Mechanical and viscoelastic properties of polymer thin films and surfaces. Polymer Glasses, p.205. 
  • Simon, S.L. and McKenna, G.B., 2016. Structural recovery and physical aging of polymeric glasses. Polymer Glasses, p.23.

2015

  • N. Shamim, Y. P. Koh, S. L. Simon, G. B. McKenna, "The Glass Transition of Trinitrotoluene (TNT) by Flash DSC", Thermochimica Acta, 620, 36-39, DOI: 10.1016/j.tca.2015.10.003 (2015).
  • J. H. Wang, G. B. McKenna, "Viscoelastic Properties of Ultrathin Polycarbonate Films by Liquid Dewetting", Journal of Polymer Science Part B - Polymer Physics, 53, 22, 1559-1566, DOI: 10.1002/polb.23807 (2015).
  • Y. Li, G. B. McKenna, "Startup Shear of a Highly Entangled Polystyrene Solution Deep into the Nonlinear Viscoelastic Regime", Rheologica Acta, 54, 771-777, DOI: 10.1007/s00397-015-876-5 (2015).
  • A. K. T. Arellano, G. B. McKenna, "Extremely Fragile Glass-Formers? Calorimetric and Rheological Determinations", Journal of Polymer Science Part B - Polymer Physics, 53, 18, 1261-1272, DOI: 10.1002/polb.23768 (2015).
  • X. G. Li, G. B. McKenna, "Ultrathin Polymer Films: Rubbery Stiffening, Fragility, and T-g Reduction", Macromolecules, 48, 17, 6329-6336 (2015).
  • Y. Li, K.-W. Hsiao, C. A. Brockman, D. Y. Yates, R. M. Robertson-Anderson, J. A. Kornfield, M. J. San Francisco, C. M. Schroeder, G. B. McKenna, "When Ends Meet: Circular DNA Stretches Differently in Elongational Flows", Macromolecules, 48, 16, 5997-6001 (2015).
  • G. B. McKenna, "Torsion and Normal Force Responses of Glassy Polymers in the Sub-Yield Regime", International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 68, SI, 37-40, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2014.05.009 (2015).
  • M. Hu, Y. Xu, C. S. Daeffler, J. H. Wang, G. B. McKenna, J. A. Kornfield, R. H. Grubbs, "The Linear Rheological Responses of Wedge-Type Polymers", Journal of Polymer Science Part B - Polymer Physics, 53, 13, 899-906, DOI: 10.1002/polb.23716 (2015).
  • G. B. McKenna, J. Zhao, "Accumulating Evidence for Non-Diverging Time-Scales in Glass-Forming Fluids", Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 407, SI, 3-13, DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2014.08.012 (2015).

2014

  • H. Yoon, G. B. McKenna, "Substrate Effects on Glass Transition and Free Surface Viscoelasticity of Ultrathin Polystyrene Films", Macromolecules, 47, 24, 8808-8818, DOI: 10.1021/ma501630g (2014).
  • N. Shamim, Y. P. Koh, S. L. Simon, Gregory B. McKenna, "Glass Transition Temperature of Thin Polycarbonate Films Measured by Flash Differential Scan Calorimetry", Journal of Polymer Science Part B - Polymer Physics, 52, 22 , 1462-1468 (2014).
  • M. Zhai and Gregory B. McKenna, "Elastic Modulus and Surface Tension of a Polyurethane Rubber in Nanometer Thick films," Polymer, 55, 2725-2733, (2014).
  • X. G. Peng, G. B. McKenna, "Comparison of the Physical Aging Behavior of a Colloidal Glass after Shear Melting and Concentration Jumps", Physical Review E, 90, 5, 050301, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.90.050301 (2014).
  • X. G. Li, J. Warzywoda, G. B. McKenna, "Mechanical Responses of a Polymer Graphene-sheet Nano-sandwich", Polymer, 55, 19, 4976-4982, (2014).
  • Y. F. Li, M. Hu, G. B. McKenna, C. J. Dimitriou, G. H. McKinley, R. M. Mick, D. C. Venerus, L. A. Archer, "Response to: Sufficiently Entangled Polymers do Show Shear Strain Localization at High Enough Weissenberg Numbers", Journal of Rheology, 58, 4, 1071-1082 (2014).
  • M. Zhai and Gregory B. McKenna, "Viscoelastic Modeling of Nanoindentation Experiments: A Multicurve Method," Journal of Polymer Science. Part B: Polymer Physics, 52, 633-639, (2014).
  • J. Zhao and G. B. McKenna, "The Apparent Activation Energy and Dynamic Fragility of Ancient Ambers", Polymer, 55, 9, 2246-2253 (2014).
  • X. J. Di, X. G. Peng, G. B. McKenna, "Dynamics of a Thermo-responsive Microgel Colloid Near to the Glass Transition", Journal of Chemical Physics, 140, 5, 054903 (2014).
  • X. G. Li, G. B. McKenna, G. Miquelard-Garnier, A. Guinault, C. Sollogoub, G. Regnier, A. Rozanski, "Forced Assembly by Multilayer Coextrusion to Create Oriented Graphene Reinforced Polymer Nanocomposites", Polymer, 55, 248-257 (2014).
  • N. Shamim, G. B. McKenna, "Mechanical Spectral Hole Burning in Polymer Solutions: Comparison with Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear Fingerprinting", Journal of Rheology, 58, 43-62 (2014).

2013

  • X. Di, G. B. McKenna, "Evaluation of Heterogeneity Measures and Their Relation to the Glass Transition", Journal of Chemical Physics, 138 (2013).
  • X. Di, B. Xu, G. B. McKenna, "The Melting Behavior of Trinitrotoluene Nanoconfined in Controlled Pore Glasses", Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 113, 533-537 (2013).
  • T. Karim, G. B. McKenna, "Comparison of Surface Mechanical Properties among Linear and Star Polystyrenes: Surface Softening and Stiffening at Different Temperatures", Polymer, 54, 5928-5935 (2013).
  • Y. Li, M. Hu, G. B. McKenna, C. Dimitriou, G. McKinley, R. Mick, D. Venerus, L. Archer, "Flow Field Visualization of Entangled Polybutadiene Solutions under Nonlinear Viscoelastic Flow Conditions", Journal of Rheology, 57, 1411-1428 (2013).
  • G. B. McKenna, "Perspectives on the Dynamics of Rings and Ring-linear Chain Mixtures", Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 245 (2013).
  • G. B. McKenna, T. Narita; F. Lequeux," Superposition of Small Strains on Large: Some Counterintuitive Results for a Concentrated Colloidal System", Journal of Rheology, 57, 1803-1818 (2013).
  • T. Sirk, K. Khare, M. Karim, J. Lenhart, J. Andzelm, G. B. McKenna, R. Khare, "High Strain Rate Mechanical Properties of a Cross-linked Epoxy across the Glass Transition", Polymer, 54, 7048-7057 (2013).
  • J. Wang, G. B. McKenna, "A Novel Temperature-step Method to Determine the Glass Transition Temperature of Ultrathin Polymer Films by Liquid Dewetting", Journal of Polymer Science Part B-Polymer Physics, 51, 1343-1349 (2013).
  • J. Wang, G. B. McKenna,"Viscoelastic and Glass Transition Properties of Ultrathin Polystyrene Films by Dewetting from Liquid Glycerol", Macromolecules, 46, 2485-2495 (2013).
  • B. Xu, J. Wu, G. B. McKenna, "Mechanical and Swelling Behaviors of End-Linked PDMS Rubber and Randomly Cross-Linked Polyisoprene", Macromolecules, 46, 2015-2022 (2013).
  • B. Xu, X. Di, G. B. McKenna, "Melting of Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate (PETN) Nanoconfined in Controlled Pore Glasses (CPG)", Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 113, 539-543 (2013).
  • J. Zhao, G. B. McKenna, "Response to "Comment on 'Temperature Divergence of the Dynamics of a Poly(vinyl acetate) Glass: Dielectric vs. Mechanical Behaviors", Journal of Chemical Physics, 139, 137101 (2013).
  • J. Zhao, E. Ragazzi, G. B. McKenna, "Something about Amber: Fictive Temperature and Glass Transition Temperature of Extremely Old Glasses from Copal to Triassic Amber", Polymer , 54, 7041-7047 (2013).
  • J. Zhao, S. Simon, G. B. McKenna, "Using 20-million-year-old Amber to Test the Super-Arrhenius Behaviour of Glass-forming Systems", Nature Communications, 4 (2013).

2012

  • Y. Chang, A. Mejia, Z. Cheng, X. Di, G. B. McKenna," Gelation via Ion Exchange in Discotic Suspensions", Physical Review Letters, 108 (2012).
  • T. Karim, G. B. McKenna, "Unusual Surface Mechanical Properties of Poly(alpha-methylstyrene): Surface Softening and Stiffening at Different Temperatures", Macromolecules, 45, 9697-9706 (2012).
  • X. Li, G. B. McKenna, "Considering Viscoelastic Micromechanics for the Reinforcement of Graphene Polymer Nanocomposites", ACS Macro Letters, 1, 388-391 (2012).
  • G. B. McKenna, "Deformation and Flow of Matter: Interrogating the Physics of Materials using Rheological Methods", Journal of Rheology, 56, 113-158 (2012).
  • G. B. McKenna, Govaert, L.," Deformation, Yield, and Fracture of Polymers", Journal of Polymer Science Part B-Polymer Physics, 50, 1663-1663 (2012).
  • P. O'Connell, J. Wang, T. Ishola, G. B. McKenna, "Exceptional Property Changes in Ultrathin Films of Polycarbonate: Glass Temperature, Rubbery Stiffening, and Flow". Macromolecules, 45, 2453-2459 (2012).
  • S. Xu, P. O'Connell, G. B. McKenna, S. Castagnet, "Nanomechanical Properties in Ultrathin Polymer Films: Measurement on Rectangular Versus Circular Bubbles", Journal of Polymer Science Part B-Polymer Physics, 50, 466-476 (2012).
  • B. Xu, X. Di, G. B. McKenna, "Swelling Behavior of Cross-Linked Rubber: Explanation of the Elusive Peak in the Swelling Activity Parameter (Dilational Modulus)", Macromolecules, 45, 2402-2410 (2012).
  • J. Zhao, G. B. McKenna, "Temperature Divergence of the Dynamics of a Poly(vinyl acetate) Glass: Dielectric Vs. Mechanical Behaviors", Journal of Chemical Physics, 136 (2012).

2011

  • Alcoutlabi, M., Banda, L., Kollengodu-Subramanian, S., Zhao, J., McKenna, G. B., Environmental Effects on the Structural Recovery Responses of an Epoxy Resin after Carbon Dioxide Pressure Jumps: Intrinsic Isopiestics, Asymmetry of Approach, and Memory Effect. Macromolecules, 44 (10), 3828-3839 (2011).
  • Di, X., Win, K. Z., McKenna, G. B., Narita, T., Lequeux, F., Pullela, S. R., Cheng, Z., Signatures of Structural Recovery in Colloidal Glasses. Physical Review Letters, 106 (9), 095701 (2011).
  • Hu, M., Xia, Y., McKenna, G. B., Kornfield, J. A., Grubbs, R. H., Linear Rheological Response of a Series of Densely Branched Brush Polymers. Macromolecules, 44 (17), 6935-6943 (2011).
  • Karim, T. B., McKenna, G. B., Evidence of Surface Softening in Polymers and their Nanocomposites as Determined by Spontaneous Particle Embedment. Polymer, 52 (26), 6134-6145 (2011).
  • Kollengodu-Subramanian, S., McKenna, G. B., A Dielectric Study of Poly (vinyl acetate) using a Pulse-probe Technique. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 102 (2), 477-484 (2011).
  • Kollengodu-Subramanian, S., Srinivasan, B., Zhao, J., Rengaswamy, R., McKenna, G. B., Application of Empirical Mode Decomposition in the Field of Polymer Physics. Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 49 (4), 277-290 (2011).
  • McKenna, G. B., Deformation and Flow of Matter: Interrogating the Physics of Materials using Rheological Methods). Journal of Rheology (1978-present), 56 (1), 113-158 (2011).
  • Wang, J., Deshpande, K., McKenna, G. B., Determination of the Shear Modulus of Spin-Coated Lipid Multibilayer Films by the Spontaneous Embedment of Submicrometer-Sized Particles. Langmuir, 27 (11), 6846-6854 (2011).
  • Xu, B., McKenna, G. B., Evaluation of the Dyre Shoving Model using Dynamic Data near the Glass Temperature. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 134 (12), 124902 (2011).

2010

  • McKenna, G. B., Dynamics of Materials at the Nanoscale: Small Molecule Liquids and Polymer Films. Polymer Physics: From Suspensions to Nanocomposites and Beyond, 177-209 (2010).
  • McKenna, G. B., Ten (or More) Years of Dynamics in Confinement: Perspectives for 2010. The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 189 (1), 285-302 (2010).
  • Shamim, N., McKenna, G. B., Glass Dynamics and Anomalous Aging in a Family of Ionic Liquids above the Glass Transition Temperature. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 114 (48), 15742-15752 (2010).
  • Xu, S., O'Connell, P. A., McKenna, G. B., Unusual Elastic Behavior of Ultrathin Polymer Films: Confinement-induced/Molecular Stiffening and Surface Tension Effects. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 132, 184902 (2010).
  • Zheng, W., McKenna, G. B., Simon, S. L., The Viscoelastic Behavior of Polymer/Oligomer Blends. Polymer, 51 (21), 4899-4906 (2010).
  • Win, K. Z., Karim, T., Li, Q., Simon, S. L., McKenna, G. B., Thermal Pressure Coefficient of a Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS)-reinforced Epoxy Resin. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 116 (1), 142-146 (2010).

2009

  • M. Alcoutlabi, S. G. Baek, J. J. Magda, X. Shi, S. A. Hutcheson, and G. B. McKenna, "A Comparison of Three Different Methods for Measuring Both Normal Stress Differences of Viscoelastic Liquids in Torsional Rheometer", Rheol. Acta, 48, 191-200, DOI: 10.1007/s00397-008-0330-z,(online) (2009).
  • G. B. McKenna, T. Narita and F. Lequeux, "Soft Colloidal Matter: A Phenomenological Comparison of the Aging and Mechanical Responses with Those of Molecular Glasses", J. Rheol., 53, 489-516 (2009).
  • Y. Meng, P. Bernazzani, P. A. O'Connell, G. B. McKenna, and S. L. Simon, "A New Pressurizable Dilatometer for Measuring the Time-Dependent Bulk Modulus and PVT Properties of Polymeric Materials", Rev. Sci. Instr., 80, 053903 (2009).
  • Q. X. Li, S. A. Hutcheson, G. B. McKenna, and S. L. Simon, "Viscoelastic Properties and Residual Stresses in Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane-reinforced Epoxy Matrices", J. Polym. Sci. Part B. Polym. Phys. Ed., 46, 2719-2732 (2009).
  • S. L. Simon and G. B. McKenna, "Experimental Evidence Against the Existence of an Ideal Glass Transition", J. Non-Crystalline Solids, 355, 672-675 (2009).
  • G. B. McKenna, "A Brief Discussion: Thermodynamic and Dynamic Fragilities, Non-divergent Dynamics and the Prigogine-Defay Ratio", J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 355, 663-671 (2009).

2008

  • S. A. Hutcheson and G. B. McKenna, "The Measurement of Mechanical Properties of Glycerol, m-toluidine, and Sucrose Benzoate under Consideration of Corrected Rheometer Compliance: An In-depth Study and Review", J. Chem. Phys., 129, 074502-1-07452-14 (2008).
  • G. B. McKenna, "Diverging Views on Glass Transition", Nature Physics, 4, 673-674 (2008).
  • J. Wu and G. B. McKenna, "Anomalous Melting Behavior of Cyclohexane and Cyclooctane in Poly(dimethyl siloxane) Precursors and Model Networks", J. Polym. Sci. Part B. Polym. Phys. Ed., 46, 2779-2791 (2008).
  • O'Connell, P. A., Hutcheson, S. A., and McKenna, G. B., "Creep Behavior of Ultra-Thin Polymer Films", J. Poly Sci Part B. Poly Phys, 46(18), 1952-1965 (2008).
  • O'Connell, P. A. and McKenna, G. B., "A Novel Nanobubble Inflation Method for Determining the Viscoelastic Properties of Ultrathin Polymer Films", Scanning, 30(2), 184-196 (2008).

2007

  • Y. Yuan, H. C. Zhang, G. B. McKenna, C. Korzeniewski, J. Li, L. D. Marrufo, "Experimental Studies of Cryogenic Recycling of Cryogenic Circuit Boards", Int. J. Advanced Manufacturing Technol., 34, 657-666 (2007).
  • Q. Qin, X. Shi, and G. B. McKenna, "Mechanical Holeburning Spectroscopy in an SIS Tri-block Copolymer", J. Polymer Science. Part B.: Polymer Physics, 46, 3277-3284 (2007).
  • O'Connell, P. A. and McKenna, G. B. "A Novel Nano-bubble Inflation Method for Determining the Viscoelastic Properties of Ultrathin Polymer Films", Rev. Sci. Inst., 78 013901 (2007).
  • C. Sui, G. B. McKenna, and J. Puskas, "Nonlinear Viscoelastic Response of Dendritic (Arborescent) Polyisobutylenes in Single and Reversing Double-step Shearing Flows", J. Rheol., 51, 1143-1169 ( 2007).
  • S. A. Hutcheson and G. B. McKenna, "Comment on "The Properties of Free Polymer Surfaces and their Influence on the Glass Transition Temperature of Thin Polystyrene Films" by J. S. Sharp, J. H. Teichroeb, and J. A. Forrest", Eur. Phys. J. E 22, 281-286 (2007).
  • C. Sui and G. B. McKenna, "Nonlinear Viscoelastic Properties of Branched Polyethylene in Reversing Flows", Journal of Rheology, 513, 341-365 (2007).
  • G. B. McKenna, "ConfitIII. Summary and Perpectives on Dynamics in Confinement", European Physical Journal-Special Topics 141:291-301 (2007).
  • Changping Sui and G. B. McKenna, "Instability of Entangled Polymers in Cone and Plate Rheometry", Rheological Acta, DOI10.1007/s00397-007-0169-8 (2007).

2006

  • Q. Qin and G. B. McKenna, "Melting of Solvents Nanoconfined by Polymers and Networks", Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics, 44, 3475-3486 (2006).
  • Y. P. Koh, G. B. McKenna, and S. L. Simon, "Calorimetric Glass Transition Temperature and Absolute Heat Capacity of Polystyrene Ultrathin Films", Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics, 44, 3518-3527 (2006).
  • A. Mandanici, R. Richert, M. Cutroni, X. Shi, S. A. Hutcheson, and G. B. McKenna, "Relaxational Features of Supercooled and Glassy m-toluidine", Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 352, 4729-4734 (2006).
  • A. Mandanici, X. Shi, S. A. Hutcheson, G. B. McKenna, M. Cutroni, and S. Giamb, "Mechanical Response of a Simple Molecular Glass Former in the Glass Transition Region", Materials Science and Engineering, A, 432, 299-302 (2006).
  • Qian Qin, G. B. McKenna, "Correlation between Dynamic Fragility and Glass Transition Temperature for Different Classes of Glass Forming Liquids", Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 352, 2977-2985 (2006).
  • O'Connell P. A., G. B. McKenna, "Dramatic Stiffening of Ultrathin Polymer Films in the Rubbery Regime", European Physical Journal E20 (2):143-150 (2006).
  • M. Lee, M. Alcoutlabi, J. J. Magda, C. Dibble, M. J. Solomon, X. Shi, G. B. McKenna, "The Effect of the Shear-thickenning Transition of Model Colloidal Spheres on the Sign of N1 and on the Radial Pressure Profile in Torsional Shear Flows", Journal of Rheology, 50(3), 293-312 (2006).
  • G. B. McKenna, "Commentary on Rheology of Polymers in Narrow Gap", European Physical Journal E, 19(1), 101-108 (2006).
  • M. Merzlyakov, G. B. McKenna, S. L. Simon, "Cure Induced and Thermal Stresses in a Constrained Epoxy Resin", Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 37(4), 585-591 ( 2006).
  • Lameck Banda, M. Alcoutlabi, G. B. McKenna, "Errors Induced in Quartz Crystal Mass Uptake Measurements by Nongravimetric Effects: Considerations Beyond the EerNisse Caution", Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 44(5), 801-814 (2006).
  • X. Shi, G. B. Mckenna, "Mechanical Hole-burning Spectroscopy: Demonstration of Hole Burning in Terminal Relaxation Regime", Physical Review B, 73, 0142303-1-014103-11 (2006).

2005

  • X. Shi, A. Mandanici, G. B. McKenna, "Shear Stress Relaxation and Physical Aging Study on Simple Glass-forming Materials", Journal of Chemical Physics, 123(17), 174507-1-174507-12 (2005 ).
  • M. Merzlyakov, S. L. Simon, G. B. McKenna, "Instrumented Thick-walled Tube Method for Measuring Thermal Pressure in Fluids and Isotropic Stresses in Thermosetting Resins", Review of Scientific Instruments, 76(6), 063904 (2005).
  • A. Flory, G. B. McKenna, "Chemical Structure-Normal Relationships in Polymer Glasses", 46(14), 5211-5217 (2005).
  • P. A. O'Connell, G. B. McKenna, "Rheological Measurements of the Thermoviscoelastic Response of Ultra Thin Polymer Films", Science, 307, 1760-1766 (2005).
  • S. A. Hutcheson, G. B. McKenna, "Nanosphere Embedding into Polymer Surfaces: A Viscoelastic Contact Mechanics Analysis", Physical Review Letters, 94, 076103-1-076103-4 (2005).
  • A. Flory, G. B. Mckenna, "Microscopic Origins of the Normal Force Responses of Glassy Polymers in the Subyield Range of Deformation", Macromolecules, 38(5), 1760-1766 (2005).
  • X. Shi, G. B. Mckenna, "Mechanical hole burning specroscopy: Evidence for Heterogeneous Dynamics in Polymer Systems", Physical Review Letters, 94, 157801-1-157801-4 (2005).
  • A. Mandanici, X. Shi, G. B. McKenna, M. Cutroni, "Slow Dynamics of Supercooled m-toludine Investigated by Mechanical Spectroscopy", Journal of Chemical Physics, 122, 114501-1-114501-6 (2005).
  • M. Alcoutlabi, G. B. McKenna, "Effects of Confinement on Material Behavior at the Nanometer Size Scale", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 17, R461-R524 (2005).
  • D. Huang, S. L. Simon, G. B. McKenna, "Chain Length Dependence of the Thermodynamic Properties of Linear and Cyclic Alkanes and Polymers", Journal of Chemical Physics, 122, 084907-1-084907-6 (2005).

2004

  • A. Flory, G. B. McKenna, "Finite Step Rate Corrections in Stress Relaxation Experiments: A Comparison of Two Methods", Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials, 8, 17 (2004).
  • M. Alcoutlabi, Lameck Banda, G. B. McKenna, "A Comparison of Concentration-glasses and Temperature-hyperquenched Glasses: CO2 Formed Versus Temperature Formed Glass", Polymers, 45, 5629 (2004).
  • Y. Zheng, R. D. Priestley, G. B. McKenna, "Physical Aging of an Epoxy Subsequent to Relative Humidity Jumps through the Glass Concentration", Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 42, 2107-2121 (2004).
  • Mikhail Merzlyakov, Yan Meng, S. L. Simon, G. B. McKenna, "Instrumented Sphere Method for Measuring Thermal Pressure in Fluids and Isotropic Stresses and Reaction Kinetics in Thermosetting Resins", Review of Scientific Instruments, 75(10), 3327-3334 (2004).

2003

  • P. A. O'Connell, M. J. Bonner, R. A. Duckett, I. M. Ward, "Effects of Molecular Weight and Branch Contension the Creep Behavior of Oriented Polyethylene", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 89(6), 1663-1667 (2003).
  • S. L. Simon, P. Bernazzani, G. B. McKenna, "Effects of Freeze-drying on the Glass Temperature of Cyclic Polystyrenes", Polymer, 44(26), 8025-8032 (2003).
  • G. B. McKenna, "Status of Our Understanding of Dynamics in Confinement: Perspectives from Confit 2003", European Physical Journal E, 12, 191-194 (2003).
  • M. Alcoutlabi, G. B. McKenna, S. L. Simon, "Analysis of the Development of Isotropic Residual Stresses in a Bismaleimide/Spiro-orthocarbonate Thermosetting Resin for Composite Materials", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 88(1), 227-244 (2003).
  • D. Huang, S. L. Simon, G. B. McKenna, "Equilibrium Heat Capacity of the Glass-forming Poly(a-methyl Styrene) far below the Kauzmann Temperature: The Case of the Missing Glass Transition", Journal of Chemical Physics, 119, 3590-3593 (2003).
  • G. B. McKenna, "Mechanical Rejuvenation in Polymer Glasses: Fact or Fallacy?", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 15, S737-S763 (2003).
  • Y. Zheng, G. B. McKenna, "Structural Recovery in a Model Epoxy: Comparison of Responses after Temperature and Relative Humidity Jumps", Macromolecules, 36(7), 2387-2396 (2003).

2002

  • Y. Zheng, S. L. Simon, G. B. McKenna, "Modeling Structural Recovery in Glasses: Analysis of the Peak Shift Method", Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 40(18), 2027-2036 (2002).
  • M. Alcoutlabi, Francesco Briatico-Vangosa, G. B. McKenna, "Effect of Chemical Activity Jumps on the Viscoelastic Behavior of an Epoxy Resin: Physical Aging Response in Carbon Dioxide Pressure Jumps", Journal of Polymer Science PartB: Polymer Physics, 40(18), 2050-2064 (2002).
  • P. A. O'Connell, G. B. McKenna, "The Non-linear Viscoelastic Response of Polycarbonate in Torsion: An Investigation of Time-temperature and Time-strain Superposition", Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials, 6, 207-229 (2002).
  • P. A. O'Connell, R. A. Duckett, I. M. Ward, "Brittle-ductile Transitions in Polyethylene", Polymer Engineering and Science, 42(7), 1493-1508 (2002).
  • S. L. Simon, J. Y. Park, G. B. McKenna, "Enthalphy Recovery of a Glass-forming Liquid Constrained in a Nanoporous Matrix: Negative Pressure Effects", European Physical Journal E: Soft Matter, E8, 209-216 (2002).
  • D. Huang, D. M. Colucci, G. B. McKenna, "Dynamic Fragility in Polymers: A Comparison in Isobaric and Isochoric Conditions", Journal of Chemical Physics, 116, 3925-3934 (2002).
  • C. R. Schultheisz, G. B. McKenna, "Nonlinear Viscoelastic Analysis of the Torque, Axial Normal Force, and Volume Change Measured Simultaneously in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Torsional Dialtometer", Journal of Rheology, 46(4), 901-925 (2002).

2001

  • D. Huang, G. B. McKenna, "New Insights into the Fragility Dilemma in Liquids", Journal of Chemical Physics, 114, 5621-5630 (2001).
  • P. Prasatya, G. B. McKenna, S. L. Simon, "A Viscoelastic Model for Predicting Isotropic Residual Stresses in Thermosetting Materials: Effects of Processing Parameters", Journal of Composite Materials, 35(10), 826-848 (2001).
  • G. L. Bradley, P. C. Chang, G. B. McKenna, "Rubber Modeling Using Uniaxial Test Data", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 81, 837-848 (2001).

2000

  • M. L. Cerrada, G. B. McKenna, "Stress Relaxation of Poly(ethylene Naphthalate): Isothermal, Isochronal, and Isostructural Responses", Macromolecules, 33(8), 3065-3076 (2000).
  • C. A. Angell, K. L. Ngai, G. B. McKenna, P. F. McMillan, S. W. Martin, "Relaxation in Glass-forming Liquids and Amorphous Solids", Journal of Applied Physics, 88, 3113-3157 (2000).
  • Y. Park, G. B. McKenna, "Size and Confinement Effects on the Glass Transition Behavior of oTP/PS Polymer Solutions", Physical Review B, 61, 6667-6676 (2000).
  • G. B. McKenna, "Size and Confinement Effects in Glass Forming Liquids: Perspectives on Bulk and Nanoscale Behaviors", Journal de Physique, IV France, 10, Pr7, 53-57 (2000).
  • G. B. McKenna, "International Workshop on Dynamics in Confinement: A Personal Summary", Journal de Physique, IV France, 10, Pr7, 343-346 (2000).
  • S. L. Simon, G. B. McKenna, "A Quantitative Analysis of Errors in TMDSC in the Glass Transition Region", Thermochimica Acta, 348, 77-89 (2000).
  • S. L. Simon, G. B. McKenna, O. Sindt, "Modelling the Evolution of the Dynamic Mechanical Properties of a Commercial Epoxy during Cure after Gelation", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 76, 495-508 (2000).
  • G. B. McKenna, S. L. Simon, "Time Dependent Volume and Enthalpy Responses in Polymers, in Time Dependent and Nonlinear Effects in Polymers and Composites, ed. by R. A. Shapery, C. T. Sun, American Society of Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, PA, Special Technical Publication, STP 1357, 18-46 (2000).
  • G. B. McKenna, S. L. Simon, "The Glass Transition: Its Measurement and Underlying Physics", in Handbook of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 3, ed. by S. Z. D. Cheng, Elsiver, Amsterdam (2000).
  • F. Horkay,G. B. McKenna, P. Deschamps, E. Geissler, "Neutron Scattering Properties of Randomly Cross-linked Polyisoprene Gels", Macromolecules, 33, 5215-5220 (2000).
  • M. Delin, G. B. McKenna, "The Craze Growth Response in Stress Relaxation Conditions for a Styrene-acrylonitrile Copolymer during Physical Aging", Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials, 4, 231-255 (2000).

1999

  • G. B. McKenna et al, "The τ-Effective Paradox Revisited: An Extended Analysis of Kovacs Volume Recovery Data on Poly(vinyl Acetate)", Polymer, 40, 5183-5205 (1999).
  • P. A. O'Connell, G. B. McKenna, "Arhenius-like Temperature Dependence of the Segmental Relaxation below Tg", Journal of Chemical Physics, 110, 11054-11060 (1999).
  • P. A. O'Connell, G. B. McKenna, "Large Deformation Response of Polycarbonate: Time, Temperature, and Time Aging Time Superposition", in Handbook of Polycarbonate Science and Technology, ed. by D. G. LeGrand, J. T. Bendler, M. Dekker, New York, Chapter 10, 225-254 (1999).
  • S. L. Simon, G. B. McKenna, "Measurement of Thermal Conductivity Using Temperature-modulated Differential Scanning Calorimetry: Solution to the Heat Flow Problem", Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 18, 559-571 (1999).
  • W. H. Han, F. Horkay, G. B. McKenna, "A Comparison of Some Rubber Network Models with Stress-strain Data on Dry and Swollen Polymer Rubbers", journal of Mathematics and Mechanics of Materials, 4, 139-167 (1999).

 

Polymers and Condensed Matter Physics Group

© 2024  Texas Tech UniversityMay 17, 2021  8:56 PM