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James A. Forrest

James A. Forrest

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Materials Science

D-Index
44
Citations
11353
World Ranking
11917
National Ranking
207

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering work in the dynamics of confined polymers and polymer surfaces

Overview

James A. Forrest is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada. Their research spans across multiple fields of study, primarily focusing on Engineering and Materials Science. Subfields of their work emphasize Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, Mechanical Engineering, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

The main topics covered by Forrest include Material Dynamics and Properties, Theoretical and Computational Physics, Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics, Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research, Liquid Crystal Research Advancements, Polymer crystallization and properties, and Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis.

Forrest has published research in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include arXiv (Cornell University), The Journal of Chemical Physics, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Physical Review Letters, and The European Physical Journal E.

Several of Forrest's recent papers illustrate the range of their research interests and contributions:

  • Ultrastable monodisperse polymer glass formed by physical vapour deposition (2020, Nature Materials)
  • Using Mw Dependence of Surface Dynamics of Glassy Polymers to Probe the Length Scale of Free-Surface Mobility (2020, Macromolecules)
  • A β-NMR study of the depth, temperature, and molecular-weight dependence of secondary dynamics in polystyrene: Entropy-enthalpy compensation and dynamic gradients near the free surface (2022, The Journal of Chemical Physics)
  • Cooperative strings and glassy dynamics in various confined geometries (2020, Physical review. E)
  • Crystallization and melting of highly monodisperse poly(ethylene-oxide) (2020, Soft Matter)

Frequent coauthors include Thomas Salez, Junjie Yin, Adam Raegen, Saba Karimi, and Maxence Arutkin, reflecting ongoing collaborations across various projects and publications.

James A. Forrest was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2008 for pioneering work related to the dynamics of confined polymers and polymer surfaces.

Best Publications

  • Effect of Free Surfaces on the Glass Transition Temperature of Thin Polymer Films.

    J. A. Forrest;K. Dalnoki-Veress;J. R. Stevens;J. R. Dutcher

  • Interface and chain confinement effects on the glass transition temperature of thin polymer films

    J. A. Forrest;K. Dalnoki-Veress;J. R. Dutcher

  • The glass transition in thin polymer films

    James A. Forrest;Kari Dalnoki-Veress

  • Measuring the Surface Dynamics of Glassy Polymers

    Z. Fakhraai;J. A. Forrest

  • Dynamics near Free Surfaces and the Glass Transition in Thin Polymer Films: A View to the Future

    M. D. Ediger;J. A. Forrest

  • Molecular weight dependence of reductions in the glass transition temperature of thin, freely standing polymer films.

    K. Dalnoki-Veress;K. Dalnoki-Veress;J. A. Forrest;C. Murray;C. Gigault

  • Reductions of the glass transition temperature in thin polymer films: Probing the length scale of cooperative dynamics

    James A. Forrest;Johan Mattsson

  • Quantifying glass transition behavior in ultrathin free-standing polymer films

    J. Mattsson;J. A. Forrest;L. Börjesson

  • Free surfaces cause reductions in the glass transition temperature of thin polystyrene films.

    J. S. Sharp;J. S. Sharp;J. A. Forrest

  • Probing slow dynamics in supported thin polymer films.

    Zahra Fakhraai;James A. Forrest

  • A Direct Quantitative Measure of Surface Mobility in a Glassy Polymer

    Y. Chai;Thomas Salez;J. D. Mcgraw;M. Benzaquen

  • Direct imaging of nanoparticle embedding to probe viscoelasticity of polymer surfaces.

    J. H. Teichroeb;J. A. Forrest

  • Reduced Glass Transition Temperatures in Thin Polymer Films: Surface Effect or Artifact?

    Oliver Bäumchen;Joshua D. McGraw;James A. Forrest;Kari Dalnoki-Veress

  • Using adhesion to probe viscoelasticity of polymer film surfaces: a quartz crystal microbalance study.

    J.A. Forrest;J. Mattsson;L. Börjesson

  • Relaxation dynamics in ultrathin polymer films

    J. A. Forrest;C. Svanberg;K. Révész;M. Rodahl

  • Brillouin light scattering studies of the mechanical properties of thin freely standing polystyrene films

    J. A. Forrest;K. Dalnoki-Veress;J. R. Dutcher

  • Surface denaturation and amyloid fibril formation of insulin at model lipid-water interfaces

    J. S. Sharp;J. A. Forrest;R. A. L. Jones

  • The properties of free polymer surfaces and their influence on the glass transition temperature of thin polystyrene films.

    J. S. Sharp;J. S. Sharp;J. H. Teichroeb;J. A. Forrest

  • Dielectric and ellipsometric studies of the dynamics in thin films of isotactic poly(methylmethacrylate) with one free surface

    J. S. Sharp;J. A. Forrest

  • Substrate and chain size dependence of near surface dynamics of glassy polymers.

    D. Qi;Z. Fakhraai;J. A. Forrest

Frequent Co-Authors

Elie Raphaël
Elie Raphaël PSL University
Richard A. L. Jones
Richard A. L. Jones University of Manchester
Mark Ediger
Mark Ediger University of Wisconsin–Madison
Lars Börjesson
Lars Börjesson Chalmers University of Technology
Mark W. Matsen
Mark W. Matsen University of Waterloo
P. G. de Gennes
P. G. de Gennes Institute Curie
Günter Reiter
Günter Reiter University of Freiburg
Frank X. Gu
Frank X. Gu University of Toronto
W.M. Rainforth
W.M. Rainforth University of Sheffield
Safieddin Safavi-Naeini
Safieddin Safavi-Naeini University of Waterloo

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