Colloid Rheology and Dynamics
Some Publications
1. X. Di, X. Peng and G.B. McKenna*, "Dynamics of a thermo-responsive microgel colloid near to the glass transition," J. Chem. Phys. 140, 054903 (2014).
2. X. Peng and G.B. McKenna*, "Comparison of the Physical Aging Behavior of a Colloidal Glass after Shear-Melting
and Concentration Jumps," Physical Review E, 90, 050301 (2014).
3. X. Peng and G.B. McKenna*, "Physical Aging and Structural Recovery in a Colloidal Glass Subjected to Volume Fraction-Jump
Conditions," Physical Review E., 93, 042603 (2016).
4. Q. Li, X. Peng, and G.B. McKenna*, "Long-Term Aging Behaviors in a Model Soft Colloidal System," Soft Matter, 13, 1396-1404 (2017).
5. S. Banik and G.B. McKenna*, "Isochoric structural recovery in molecular glasses and its analog in colloidal glasses," Phys. Rev. E., 97, 062601 (2018).
6. X. Peng, J.G. Wang, Q. Li, D. Chen, R.N. Zia* and G.B. McKenna*, "Exploring the validity of time-concentration superposition in glassy colloids: Experiments
and simulations," Physical Review E, 98, 062602 (2018).
7. Q. Li, X. Peng and G.B. McKenna*, "Physical aging and compressed exponential behaviors in a model soft colloidal system," Soft Matter, 15, 2336-2347 (2019).
8. Q. Li, X. Peng, D. Chen and G.B. McKenna*, "The Laplace approach in microrheology," Soft Matter, 16, 3378-3383 (2020).
9. 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.
Funding
- National Science Foundation. Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET).
- John R. Bradford Endowment at Texas Tech University.
- Paul Whitfield Horn Professorship at Texas Tech University.
Polymers and Condensed Matter Physics Group
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