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McKenna Group

Publications

2026 Publications
  1. G.B. McKenna, “The Long Trajectory of Rubber Physics: 3,500+ Years and Counting,” Journal of Polymer Science, 0, 1-27 (2026); DOI: 10.1002/pola.70300.
  2. B. W. Tantorno, T.T.T. Truong, L. M. Hoover, G. B. McKenna*, R. Tao, F. Zhang, “Spatial heterogeneity in polymer blends and its impact on dynamics,” Polymer, 360, 130287 (2026); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2026.130287.
  3. C.M. Schroeder*, R. Everaers, K. Kremer, M. Kruteva, C.N. Likos, G. B. McKenna, T. O‘Connor, J. Ravi Prakash, D. Richter, R. Robertson-Anderson, M. Rubinstein, K. S. Schweizer, and D. Vlassopoulos, “Ring Polymer Physics and Rheology: Challenges and Opportunities,” J. Rheology, 70:183-216 (2026); doi: 10.1122/8.0001099.

2024 Publications
  1. I. K. Amma, R. S. J. Ingrole, G. K. V. Prabhu, R. Dominquez, D. Kong, S. C. H. Mangalara, G. B. Mckenna, and H. S. Gill*, “Di-Tyrosine Cross-Linking of Elastin-Like Polypeptides through Ruthenium Photoreaction To Form Scaffolds: Fine Tuning Mechanical Properties and Improving Cytocompatibility,” BioMacromolecules, (2024); https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.4c01376.
  2. G.B. McKenna, “Some comments on the nature of glasses: Or a brief history of time and temperature in glass-forming liquids,” Rubber Chemistry and Technology, 97, 397-440 (2024); https://doi.org/10.5254/rct.24.00053.
  3. A.A. Denton, Y.P. Koh, S.L. Simon and G.B. McKenna*, “On the Glass Transition Temperature of TNT,” Thermochimica Acta, (2024); DOI: 10.1016/j.tca.2024.179733.
  4. A. El Banna and G.B. McKenna, “AFM Dilatometry Measurements on Ultra-Stable Fluoropolymer Glasses: Further Evidence of Extreme Fictive Temperature Reduction,” J. Polymer Science, vol. 62, no. 24, 2024, pp. 5215–5226. doi.org/10.1002/pol.20230478.

2023 Publications
  1. Banik, S.; McKenna, G. B. Extremely Early Onset of Nonlinear Viscoelasticity in Dynamic Shear of Ideally Monodisperse DNA. J. Polymer Science. 61 (5), 2023, pp. 1465–1475. https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20230014.
  2. K. Molnar, A. Sasidharan Pillai, D. Chen, G. Kaszas, G.B. McKenna, J.A. Kornfield and J.E. Puskas*, “Investigation of the structure, filler interaction and degradation of disulfide elastomers made by Reversible Radical Recombination Polymerization (R3P),” European Polymer Journal, 191, 112033 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2023.112033.
  3. A. El Banna and G.B. McKenna*, “Challenging the Kauzmann paradox using an ultra-stable perfluoropolymer glass with a fictive temperature below the dynamic VFT temperature,” Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio), 13, 4224 (2023); https://www.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31074-0.
  4. D. Kong, Y. Meng and G.B. McKenna*, “Searching for the ideal glass transition: Going to yotta seconds and beyond,” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 606, 122186 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2023.122186.
  5. D. Chen, K. Molnar, H. Kim, C.A. Helfer, G. Kaszas, J.E. Puskas, J.A. Kornfield* and G.B. McKenna*, “Linear Viscoelastic Properties of Putative Cyclic Polymers Synthesized by Reversible Radical Recombination Polymerization (R3P),” Macromolecules, 56, 1013-1032 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00892.

2022 Publications
  1. Y.P. Koh, Z.T. Fondren, A.A. Denton, S.L. Simon* and G.B. McKenna*, “Amorphization and Crystallization of Hexanitroazobenzene (HNAB) Using Conventional DSC and Flash DSC,” Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, e202100366 (2022); doi.org/10.1002/prep.20210036.
  2. S. Jin and G.B. McKenna*, “Comment on Comment on ‘Anomalous structural recovery in the near glass transition range in a polymer glass: Data revisited in light of temperature variability in vacuum oven-based experiments’,” Polymer Engineering and Science, 62, 2722-2726 (2022); DOI: 10.1002/pen.26055.
  3. Z.T. Fondren*, R. Bari, A.A. Denton, Y.P. Koh, V. Stepanov and G.B. McKenna*, “Glass Forming Potential in Explosive Materials: Crystalline HNAB, Solution-Cast HNAB, and a Solution-Cast Mixture of HNAB and CL-20,” Journal of DoD Research and Engineering, 5(2), 2-17 (2022).
  4. K. Molnar, H. Kim, D. Chen, C.A. Helfer, G. Kaszas, G.B. McKenna, J.A. Kornfield, C. Yuan and J.E. Puskas*, “PolyDODT: a macrocyclic elastomer with unusual properties,” Polymer Chemistry, 13, 668-676 (2022); DOI: 10.1039/d1py01426a.
  5. G.B. McKenna*, D. Chen, S.C.H. Mangalara, D. Kong and S. Banik, “Some open Questions in Polymer Physics,” Polymer Engineering and Science, 62:1325-1355 (2022); DOI: 10.1002/pen.25938.
  6. D. Kong, S. Banik, M.J. San Francisco, M. Lee, R.M. Robertson Anderson, C.M. Schroeder and G.B. McKenna*, “Rheology of Entangled Solutions of Ring Linear DNA Blends,” Macromolecules, 55, 1205-1217 (2022); DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01672.
  7. D. Kong, Y. Meng and G. B. McKenna*, “Determination of the molecular weight between cross-links for different ambers: Viscoelastic measurements of the rubbery plateau,” Polymer Engineering and Science, 62, 1023-1040 (2022); DOI: 10.1002/pen.25903.
  8. S. Jin and G.B. McKenna*, “Anomalous structural recovery in the near glass transition range in a polymer glass: Data revisited in light of temperature variability in vacuum oven-based experiments,” Polymer Engineering and Science, 62, 1124-1136 (2022); DOI: 10.1002/pen.25911.
  9. S.C.H. Mangalara and G.B. McKenna*, “Large-amplitude oscillatory shear to investigate the nonlinear rheology of polymer glasses – PMMA,” Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials (2022); https://doi.org/10.1007/s11043-021-09529-6.
  10. Q.Li, X. Peng, D. Chen and G.B. McKenna*,”Softness mapping of the concentration dependence of the dynamics in model soft colloidal systems,” J. Coll. Interface Sci., 605, 398-409 (2022).

2021 Publications
  1. S. Cheng and G.B. McKenna*, “Isothermal Crystallization and Time-Temperature Transformation of Amorphous Nifedipine: A Case of Polymorphism Formation and Conversion,” Mol. Pharmaceutics, 18, 2786-2802 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.1c00331.
  2. D. Chen and G.B. McKenna*, “Deep glassy state dynamic data challenge glass models: Elastic models,” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids: X, 11-12, 100068 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nocx.2021.100068.
  3. X. Zhao, S. Cheng, Y. P. Koh, B. D. Kelly, G. B. McKenna and S. L. Simon*, “Prediction of the Synergistic Glass Transition Temperature of Coamorphous Molecular Glasses Using Activity Coefficient Models,” Mol. Pharmaceutics, 18, 3439−3451 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.1c00353.
  4. S. Banik, D. Kong, M.J. San Francisco and G.B. McKenna*, “Monodisperse lambda DNA as a model to conventional polymers: A concentration dependent scaling of the rheological properties,” Macromolecules, 54, 18, 8632–8654 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c02537.
  5. J. Lira-Escobedo, P. Mendoza-Mendez, M. Medina-Noyola, G.B. McKenna and P.E. Ramirez-Gonzalez*, “On a fundamental description of the Kovacs’ kinetic signatures in glass forming systems,” J. Chem. Phys., 155, 014503 (2021).
  6. Y.C. Zhou, C.D. Young, M. Lee, S. Banik, D.J. Kong, G. B. McKenna, R. M. Robertson-Anderson, C.E. Sing and C. M. Schroeder*, “Dynamics and rheology of ring-linear blend semidilute solutions in extensional flow: Single molecule experiments,” J. Rheol., 65, 729- 744 (2021).
  7. D.Chen and G.B. McKenna*, “Deep glassy state dynamic data challenge glass models: Configurational entropy models,” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 566, 120871 (2021); doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2021.120871.
  8. S.C.H. Mangalara, S. Paudel and G.B. McKenna*, “Mechanical spectral hole burning in glassy polymers-Investigation of polycarbonate, a material with weak beta-relaxation,” Journal of Chemical Physics, 154, 124904 (2021).
  9. J.R. Tata, A.K. Torres Arellano and G.B. McKenna*, “Liquid dewetting of ultrathin polystyrene films: Is there a molecular architecture effect?” Journal of Polymer Science, 59, 261-267 (2021); DOI: 10.1002/pol.20200785.
  10. K. Molnar, C.A. Helfer, G. Kaszas, E. Krisch, D. Chen, G.B. McKenna, J.A. Kornfield and J.E. Puskas* “Liquid chromatography at critical conditions (LCCC): Capabilities and limitations for polymer analysis,” Journal of Molecular Liquids, 322, 114956 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114956.
  11. S. Cheng, P. Chakravarty, K. Nagapudi, and G. B. McKenna*, “Isothermal Crystallization Monitoring and Time−Temperature-Transformation of Amorphous GDC-0276: Differential Scanning Calorimetric and Rheological Measurements,” Mol. Pharmaceutics, 18, 158−173 (2021); DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00776.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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 Publications
  1. Li, Q., Peng, X., Chen, D. and McKenna, G.B., 2020. The Laplace approach in microrheology. Soft Matter, 16(14), pp.3378-3383. DOI: 10.1039/C9SM02242B.
  2. 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: 10.1016/j.polymer.2019.121992.
  3. 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: 10.5254/rct.20.80376.
  4. 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: 10.1063/1.5136094.
  5. 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: 10.1557/jmr.2020.42.
  6. 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: 10.1557/jmr.2020.67.
  7. 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: 10.1016/j.tca.2020.178542.
  8. 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: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.146350.
  9. 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: 10.1122/1.5125142.
  10. 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.
  11. Jin, Shuang, and Gregory B. McKenna. “Effect of Nanoconfinement on Polymer Chain Dynamics.” Macromolecules (2020). DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00365.
  12. 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: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00776.
  13. 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: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114956.
  14. 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: 10.1002/pol.20200785.

2019 Publications
  1. 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: 10.1039/C8SM02042F.
  2. 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: 10.1007/s10973-019-09027-5.
  3. 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: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.8b01172.
  4. 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: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02122.
  5. 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: 10.1038/s41467-019-09627-7.
  6. 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: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2019.119549.

2018 Publications
  1. 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: 10.1002/polb.24554.
  2. McKenna, G.B., 2018. Soft matter: rubber and networks. Reports on Progress in Physics, 81(6), p.066602. DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/aaafe2.
  3. 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: 10.1103/PhysRevE.97.062601.
  4. 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: 10.1103/PhysRevE.98.012501.
  5. 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: 10.1016/j.polymer.2018.09.036.
  6. 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: 10.1103/PhysRevE.98.062602.
  7. 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: 10.1126/sciadv.aau5423.

2017 Publications
  1. 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: 10.1002/polb.24147.
  2. 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: 10.1039/C6SM02408D.
  3. 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: 10.1088/1742-6596/780/1/012003.
  4. 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: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b01014.
  5. 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 Glasses. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
  6. 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: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b00623.
  7. 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: 10.1063/1.5000948.
  8. 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: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02009.

2016 Publications
  1. 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: 10.1063/1.4948322.
  2. 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: 10.1103/PhysRevE.93.042603.
  3. Mehta, M., McKenna, G.B. and Suryanarayanan, R., 2016. Molecular mobility in glassy dispersions. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 144(20), p.204506. DOI: 10.1063/1.4950768.
  4. 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: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.5b00853.
  5. 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: 10.1002/crat.201500301.
  6. McKenna, G.B. and Zhai, M., 2016. Mechanical and viscoelastic properties of polymer thin films and surfaces. Polymer Glasses, p.205.
  7. Simon, S.L. and McKenna, G.B., 2016. Structural recovery and physical aging of polymeric glasses. Polymer Glasses, p.23.

2015 Publications
  1. 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).
  2. 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).
  3. 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).
  4. 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).
  5. X. G. Li, G. B. McKenna, “Ultrathin Polymer Films: Rubbery Stiffening, Fragility, and T-g Reduction”, Macromolecules, 48, 17, 6329-6336 (2015).
  6. 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).
  7. 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).
  8. 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).
  9. 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 Publications
  1. 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).
  2. 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).
  3. M. Zhai and Gregory B. McKenna, “Elastic Modulus and Surface Tension of a Polyurethane Rubber in Nanometer Thick films,” Polymer, 55, 2725-2733, (2014).
  4. 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).
  5. X. G. Li, J. Warzywoda, G. B. McKenna, “Mechanical Responses of a Polymer Graphene-sheet Nano-sandwich”, Polymer, 55, 19, 4976-4982, (2014).
  6. 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).
  7. 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).
  8. J. Zhao and G. B. McKenna, “The Apparent Activation Energy and Dynamic Fragility of Ancient Ambers”, Polymer, 55, 9, 2246-2253 (2014).
  9. 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).
  10. 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).
  11. 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 Publications
  1. X. Di, G. B. McKenna, “Evaluation of Heterogeneity Measures and Their Relation to the Glass Transition”, Journal of Chemical Physics, 138 (2013).
  2. 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).
  3. 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).
  4. 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).
  5. G. B. McKenna, “Perspectives on the Dynamics of Rings and Ring-linear Chain Mixtures”, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 245 (2013).
  6. 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).
  7. 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).
  8. 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).
  9. J. Wang, G. B. McKenna, “Viscoelastic and Glass Transition Properties of Ultrathin Polystyrene Films by Dewetting from Liquid Glycerol”, Macromolecules, 46, 2485-2495 (2013).
  10. 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).
  11. 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).
  12. 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).
  13. 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).
  14. 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 Publications
  1. Y. Chang, A. Mejia, Z. Cheng, X. Di, G. B. McKenna, “Gelation via Ion Exchange in Discotic Suspensions”, Physical Review Letters, 108 (2012).
  2. 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).
  3. X. Li, G. B. McKenna, “Considering Viscoelastic Micromechanics for the Reinforcement of Graphene Polymer Nanocomposites”, ACS Macro Letters, 1, 388-391 (2012).
  4. G. B. McKenna, “Deformation and Flow of Matter: Interrogating the Physics of Materials using Rheological Methods”, Journal of Rheology, 56, 113-158 (2012).
  5. G. B. McKenna, L. Govaert, “Deformation, Yield, and Fracture of Polymers”, Journal of Polymer Science Part B-Polymer Physics, 50, 1663-1663 (2012).
  6. 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).
  7. 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).
  8. 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).
  9. 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 Publications
  1. 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 (2011).