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Michael E. Mackay is affiliated with the University of Delaware in the United States. Their research spans across the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a strong focus on subfields including Polymers and Plastics, Automotive Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, notably Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Synthesis and Properties of Polymers, Polymer Composites and Self-Healing, Injection Molding Process and Properties, Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, as well as Silicone and Siloxane Chemistry.

The publication record includes contributions to a variety of academic venues. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Macromolecules
  • Additive manufacturing
  • ACS Applied Polymer Materials
  • Journal of Applied Polymer Science
  • ACS Macro Letters

Notable recent papers include:

  • 100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: High Refractive Index Polymers from Elemental Sulfur for Infrared Thermal Imaging and Optics (2020, ACS Macro Letters)
  • Computational fluid dynamics simulation of the melting process in the fused filament fabrication additive manufacturing technique (2020, Additive manufacturing)
  • Innovations Toward the Valorization of Plastics Waste (2022, Annual Review of Materials Research)
  • Unraveling the rheology of inverse vulcanized polymers (2023, Nature Communications)
  • Taking Optogenetics into the Human Brain: Opportunities and Challenges in Clinical Trial Design (2020, Open Access Journal of Clinical Trials)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Derek J. Bischoff
  • Jeffrey Pyun
  • Ahmad Naqi
  • Ngoc A. Nguyen
  • Tristan S. Kleine

Best Publications

  • The use of elemental sulfur as an alternative feedstock for polymeric materials

    Woo Jin Chung;Jared J. Griebel;Eui Tae Kim;Hyunsik Yoon

  • General strategies for nanoparticle dispersion.

    Michael E. Mackay;Anish Tuteja;Phillip M. Duxbury;Craig J. Hawker

  • A healable supramolecular polymer blend based on aromatic π-π stacking and hydrogen-bonding interactions

    Stefano Burattini;Barnaby W. Greenland;Daniel Hermida Merino;Wengui Weng

  • Nanoscale effects leading to non-Einstein-like decrease in viscosity

    Michael E. Mackay;Tien T. Dao;Anish Tuteja;Derek L. Ho

  • A self-repairing, supramolecular polymer system: healability as a consequence of donor–acceptor π–π stacking interactions

    Stefano Burattini;Howard M. Colquhoun;Justin D. Fox;Donia Friedmann

  • Chemorheology of thermosets—an overview

    Peter J. Halley;Michael E. Mackay

  • New Infrared Transmitting Material via Inverse Vulcanization of Elemental Sulfur to Prepare High Refractive Index Polymers

    Jared J. Griebel;Soha Namnabat;Eui Tae Kim;Roland Himmelhuber

  • High-Strength, Healable, Supramolecular Polymer Nanocomposites

    Justin Fox;Jeong J. Wie;Barnaby W. Greenland;Stefano Burattini

  • Breakdown of the Continuum Stokes−Einstein Relation for Nanoparticle Diffusion

    Anish Tuteja;Michael E. Mackay;Suresh Narayanan;Subashini Asokan

  • Utilization of a combination of weak hydrogen-bonding interactions and phase segregation to yield highly thermosensitive supramolecular polymers.

    Sona Sivakova;David A. Bohnsack;Michael E. Mackay;Phiriyatorn Suwanmala

  • Molecular Ball Bearings: The Unusual Melt Viscosity Behavior of Dendritic Macromolecules

    Craig J. Hawker;Peter J. Farrington;Michael E. Mackay;Karen L. Wooley

  • Effect of Ideal, Organic Nanoparticles on the Flow Properties of Linear Polymers: Non-Einstein-like Behavior

    Anish Tuteja;Michael E. Mackay;Craig J. Hawker;Brooke Van Horn

  • Dynamic Covalent Polymers via Inverse Vulcanization of Elemental Sulfur for Healable Infrared Optical Materials

    Jared J. Griebel;Ngoc A. Nguyen;Soha Namnabat;Laura E. Anderson

  • A Supramolecular Polymer Based on Tweezer-Type π−π Stacking Interactions: Molecular Design for Healability and Enhanced Toughness

    Stefano Burattini;Barnaby W. Greenland;Wayne Hayes;Michael E. Mackay

  • Multifunctional nanocomposites with reduced viscosity

    Anish Tuteja;Phillip M. Duxbury;Michael E. Mackay

  • The importance of rheological behavior in the additive manufacturing technique material extrusion

    Michael E. Mackay

  • Nanoparticle concentration profile in polymer-based solar cells

    Jonathan W. Kiel;Jonathan W. Kiel;Brian J. Kirby;Charles F. Majkrzak;Brian B. Maranville

  • High Refractive Index Copolymers with Improved Thermomechanical Properties via the Inverse Vulcanization of Sulfur and 1,3,5-Triisopropenylbenzene

    Tristan S. Kleine;Ngoc A. Nguyen;Laura E. Anderson;Soha Namnabat

  • Increased fracture toughness of additively manufactured amorphous thermoplastics via thermal annealing

    Kevin R. Hart;Ryan M. Dunn;Jennifer M. Sietins;Clara M. Hofmeister Mock

  • Rheological properties of poly(lactides). Effect of molecular weight and temperature on the viscoelasticity of poly(l‐lactic acid)

    Justin J. Cooper-White;Michael E. Mackay

  • Facile Preparation of Nanoparticles by Intramolecular Cross-Linking of Isocyanate Functionalized Copolymers

    J. Benjamin Beck;Kato L. Killops;Taegon Kang;Kulandaivelu Sivanandan

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig J. Hawker
Craig J. Hawker University of California, Santa Barbara
Jeffrey Pyun
Jeffrey Pyun University of Arizona
Kookheon Char
Kookheon Char Seoul National University
Richard S. Glass
Richard S. Glass University of Arizona
Anish Tuteja
Anish Tuteja University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Wayne Hayes
Wayne Hayes University of Reading
Robert A. Norwood
Robert A. Norwood University of Arizona
Peter J. Halley
Peter J. Halley University of Queensland
Charles F. Majkrzak
Charles F. Majkrzak National Institute of Standards and Technology
Karen L. Wooley
Karen L. Wooley Texas A&M University

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