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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1988 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his work in the physical and mechanical aging of polymeric glasses, the rheological behavior of cyclic molecules in the melt, and the determination of the strain energy density function of model rubber networks

Overview

Gregory B. McKenna is affiliated with Texas Tech University in the United States and focuses primarily on research within the field of Materials Science. Their subfields of study include Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Mechanics of Materials, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their work explores a variety of topics, with a significant focus on Material Dynamics and Properties, Polymer crystallization and properties, Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies, Conducting polymers and applications, Theoretical and Computational Physics, Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics, and Glass properties and applications.

Frequent coauthors in Gregory B. McKenna's research include Tae-Lim Choi, Craig J. Hawker, Herman Mark, Takuzo Aida, and Pinar Akcora.

They have published many articles across several prominent scientific journals. Common publication venues include Journal of Polymer Science, Macromolecules, Polymer Engineering and Science, Molecular Pharmaceutics, and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

Notable papers by Gregory B. McKenna encompass the following:

  • Multiple hazard fragility analysis for granular highway embankments: Moisture ingress and scour, 2020, Transportation Geotechnics
  • LOOKING AT THE GLASS TRANSITION: CHALLENGES OF EXTREME TIME SCALES AND OTHER INTERESTING PROBLEMS, 2020, Rubber Chemistry and Technology

Gregory B. McKenna has received recognition through awards such as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017 and Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1988. The APS fellowship citation refers to their work on the physical and mechanical aging of polymeric glasses, the rheological behavior of cyclic molecules in the melt, and the determination of the strain energy density function of model rubber networks.

Best Publications

  • Relaxation in glassforming liquids and amorphous solids

    Charles Angell;K. L. Ngai;G. B. McKenna;P. F. McMillan

  • Effects of confinement on material behaviour at the nanometre size scale

    Mataz Alcoutlabi;Gregory B McKenna

  • The melting behavior of organic materials confined in porous solids

    Catheryn L. Jackson;Gregory B. McKenna

  • Correlation between dynamic fragility and glass transition temperature for different classes of glass forming liquids

    Qian Qin;Gregory B. McKenna

  • The glass transition of organic liquids confined to small pores

    Catheryn L Jackson;Gregory B McKenna

  • Vitrification and Crystallization of Organic Liquids Confined to Nanoscale Pores

    Catheryn L. Jackson;Gregory B. McKenna

  • New insights into the fragility dilemma in liquids

    Dinghai Huang;Gregory B. McKenna

  • Rheological measurements of the thermoviscoelastic response of ultrathin polymer films.

    P. A. O'Connell;G. B. McKenna

  • Using 20-million-year-old amber to test the super-Arrhenius behaviour of glass-forming systems

    Jing Zhao;Sindee L. Simon;Gregory B. McKenna

  • Glass Formation and Glassy Behavior

    Gregory B. McKenna

  • Dilute solution characterization of cyclic polystyrene molecules and their zero-shear viscosity in the melt

    G. B. McKenna;G. Hadziioannou;P. Lutz;G. Hild

  • Mechanical rejuvenation in polymer glasses: fact or fallacy?

    Gregory B McKenna

  • Arrhenius-type temperature dependence of the segmental relaxation below Tg

    Paul A. O’Connell;Gregory B. McKenna

  • Organogels and Aerogels of Racemic and Chiral 12-Hydroxyoctadecanoic Acid

    P. Terech;V. Rodriguez;J. D. Barnes;G. B. McKenna

  • Size and confinement effects on the glass transition behavior of polystyrene/ o -terphenyl polymer solutions

    Joon-Yong Park;Gregory B. McKenna

  • Linear Rheological Response of a Series of Densely Branched Brush Polymers

    Miao Hu;Yan Xia;Gregory B. McKenna;Julia A. Kornfield

  • Modeling the evolution of the dynamic mechanical properties of a commercial epoxy during cure after gelation

    Sindee L. Simon;Gregory B. Mckenna;Olivier Sindt

  • Large deformation response of polycarbonate: Time-temperature, time-aging time, and time-strain superposition

    P. A. O'Connell;G. B. McKenna

  • A study of the linear viscoelastic properties of cyclic polystyrenes using creep and recovery measurements

    G. B. McKenna;B. J. Hostetter;N. Hadjichristidis;L. J. Fetters

  • 50th Anniversary Perspective: Challenges in the Dynamics and Kinetics of Glass-Forming Polymers

    Gregory B. McKenna;Sindee L. Simon

  • Effect of crosslink density on physical ageing of epoxy networks

    André Lee;Gregory B. McKenna

Frequent Co-Authors

Sindee L. Simon
Sindee L. Simon North Carolina State University
Mataz Alcoutlabi
Mataz Alcoutlabi The University of Texas at Austin
Robert H. Grubbs
Robert H. Grubbs California Institute of Technology
Julia A. Kornfield
Julia A. Kornfield California Institute of Technology
Bernard Lotz
Bernard Lotz University of Strasbourg
Dieter Richter
Dieter Richter Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jack F. Douglas
Jack F. Douglas National Institute of Standards and Technology
Charles C. Han
Charles C. Han Shenzhen University
K. L. Ngai
K. L. Ngai University of Pisa

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