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Overview

Jimmy W. Mays is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with a specialized interest in Polymers and Plastics, Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their work spans several main topics including Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization, Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies, Polymer Crystallization and Properties, Block Copolymer Self-Assembly, Synthesis and Properties of Polymers, Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties, and Polymer Composites and Self-Healing.

Jimmy W. Mays has contributed to multiple publications in notable scientific journals. Some of the recent papers include:

  • Chain flexibility and glass transition temperatures of poly(n-alkyl (meth)acrylate)s: Implications of tacticity and chain dynamics, 2020, Polymer
  • Nature of Steady-State Fast Flow in Entangled Polymer Melts: Chain Stretching, Shear Thinning, and Viscosity Scaling, 2022, Macromolecules
  • Elongated PEO-based nanoparticles bind the high-density lipoprotein (HDL) receptor scavenger receptor class B I (SR-BI), 2021, Journal of Controlled Release
  • Effect of microstructure on chain flexibility and glass transition temperature of polybenzofulvene, 2020, Polymer
  • High-χ diblock copolymers containing poly(vinylpyridine-N-oxide) segments, 2023, Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jimmy W. Mays include Kunlun Hong, Wei Lu, Liqun Zhang, Huiqun Wang, and Masashi Osa, indicating a collaborative research environment across multiple subfields of polymer science.

Their publications are often featured in journals such as Polymer, Macromolecules, Journal of Controlled Release, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, and Journal of Materials Chemistry A, reflecting a consistent contribution to polymer science and related areas.

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of a Large‐Scale Highly Ordered Porous Carbon Film by Self‐Assembly of Block Copolymers

    Chengdu Liang;Kunlun Hong;Georges A. Guiochon;Jimmy W. Mays

  • Macromolecular Architectures by Living and Controlled/Living Polymerizations

    Nikos Hadjichristidis;Hermis Iatrou;Marinos Pitsikalis;Jimmy Mays;Jimmy Mays

  • Block Copolymers: Synthesis, Self-Assembly, and Applications

    Hongbo Feng;Xinyi Lu;Weiyu Wang;Nam-Goo Kang

  • Noncovalent and Nonspecific Molecular Interactions of Polymers with Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

    Durairaj Baskaran;Jimmy W Mays;Matthew S Bratcher

  • Polymer-grafted multiwalled carbon nanotubes through surface-initiated polymerization.

    D. Baskaran;Jimmy W. Mays;Matthew S. Bratcher

  • Using Surface Active Random Copolymers To Control the Domain Orientation in Diblock Copolymer Thin Films

    E. Huang;T. P. Russell;C. Harrison;P. M. Chaikin

  • Carbon nanotubes with covalently linked porphyrin antennae: photoinduced electron transfer.

    Durairaj Baskaran;Jimmy W Mays;X. Peter Zhang;Matthew S Bratcher

  • Experimental techniques in high‐vacuum anionic polymerization

    David Uhrig;Jimmy W. Mays;Jimmy W. Mays

  • Ordered diblock copolymer films on random copolymer brushes

    P. Mansky;T. P. Russell;C. J. Hawker;M. Pitsikalis

  • Nonlinear Block Copolymer Architectures

    Marinos Pitsikalis;Marinos Pitsikalis;Stergios Pispas;Stergios Pispas;Jimmy W. Mays;Nikos Hadjichristidis

  • Molecular Weight Dependence of Hydrodynamic and Thermodynamic Properties for Well‐Defined Linear Polymers in Solution

    L. J. Fetters;N. Hadjichristidis;J. S. Lindner;J. W. Mays

  • Interfacial Segregation in Disordered Block Copolymers: Effect of Tunable Surface Potentials

    P. Mansky;T.P. Russell;C.J. Hawker;J. Mays

  • NMR and FT-IR studies of sulfonated styrene-based homopolymers and copolymers

    Jin Chuan Yang;Michael J Jablonsky;Jimmy W Mays

  • Recent advances in thermoplastic elastomers from living polymerizations: Macromolecular architectures and supramolecular chemistry

    Weiyu Wang;Weiyu Wang;Weiyu Wang;Wei Lu;Andrew Goodwin;Huiqun Wang

  • Application of ionic liquids as plasticizers for poly(methyl methacrylate)

    Mark P. Scott;Christopher S. Brazel;Michael G. Benton;Jimmy W. Mays

  • Modern methods of polymer characterization

    Howard G. Barth;Jimmy W. Mays

  • Large-Area Domain Alignment in Block Copolymer Thin Films Using Electric Fields

    P. Mansky;J. DeRouchey;T. P. Russell;J. Mays

  • Synthesis of Block Copolymers of Styrene and Methyl Methacrylate by Conventional Free Radical Polymerization in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids

    Hongwei Zhang;Kunlun Hong;Jimmy W. Mays

  • A Study of Polyelectrolyte Brushes Formed from Adsorption of Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymers Using the Surface Forces Apparatus

    Marc Balastre;Feng Li;Phillip Schorr;Jinchuan Yang

  • Living Anionic Surface-Initiated Polymerization (LASIP) of a Polymer on Silica Nanoparticles

    Qingye Zhou;Shuangxi Wang;Xiaowu Fan;Rigoberto Advincula

Frequent Co-Authors

Kunlun Hong
Kunlun Hong Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Nikos Hadjichristidis
Nikos Hadjichristidis King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Mark Dadmun
Mark Dadmun University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Samuel P. Gido
Samuel P. Gido University of Massachusetts Amherst
Alexei P. Sokolov
Alexei P. Sokolov University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Stergios Pispas
Stergios Pispas National Hellenic Research Foundation
Bobby G. Sumpter
Bobby G. Sumpter Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Matthew Tirrell
Matthew Tirrell University of Chicago
Rigoberto C. Advincula
Rigoberto C. Advincula Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Apostolos Avgeropoulos
Apostolos Avgeropoulos University of Ioannina

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