Paul O'Connell

Current Research

Rheological Measurements of the Thermoviscoelastic Response of Ultrathin Polymer Films

Publications

Meng, Y., Bernazzani, P., O'Connell, P. A., McKenna, G. B. and Simon, Sindee, "New Pressurizable Dilatometer for Measuring the Time-Dependent Bulk Modulus and PVT Properties of Polymeric Materials", Rev. Sci. Inst., Accepted (2009)

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).

O'Connell, P. A. and McKennam, G. B., "A Novel Nano-bubble Inflation Method for Determining the Viscoelastic Properties of Ultrathin Polymer Films", Rev. Sci. Inst., 78 013901 (2007).

O'Connell, P. A., McKenna, G. B., "Dramatic Stiffening of Ultrathin Polymer Films in the Rubbery Regime", European Physical Journal E20 (2):143-150 June 2006.

O'Connell, P. A. and McKenna, G. B., "Rheological Measurements of the Thermoviscoelastic Response of Ultrathin Polymer Films", Science, Vol. 307, No. 5716, 1760-1763 (2005)

O'Connell, P. A., Bonner, M. J., Duckett R. A., and Ward, I. M., "Effect of Molecular Weight and Branch content on the Creep Behavior of Oriented Polyethylene", Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 89(6), 1663-1670 (2003)

O'Connell, P. A. and McKenna, G. B., "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)

O'Connell, P. A., Duckett, R. A., and Ward, I. M., "Brittle-Ductile Transitions in Polyethylene", Polymer Engineering and Science 42(7), 1493-1508 (2002)

O'Connell, P. A. and McKenna, G. B., "Arrhenius-like Temperature Dependence of the Segmental Relaxation below Tg" J. Chem. Phys, 110 (22), 11054-11060 (1999).

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