Michael E Mackay Publications

Michael E. Mackay

Professor of Chemical Engineering

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Recent Publications

E. S. McGarrity, A. L. Frischknecht and M. E. Mackay, "Phase behavior of polymer/nanoparticle blends near a substrate," J. Chem. Phys., accepted (2008).
A. Tuteja, P. M. Duxbury and M. E. Mackay, "Polymer chain swelling induced by dispersed nanoparticles," Phys. Rev. Letters, 100 (2008) 077801 1 - 4.
T. Q. Liu, T. L. Simmons, D. A. Bohnsack, M. E. Mackay, M. R. Smith and G. L. Baker, "Synthesis of polymandelide: A degradable polylactide derivative with polystyrene-like properties," Macromolecules, 40 (2007) 6040-6047.
E. S. McGarrity, A. L. Frischknecht, L. J. D. Frink and M. E. Mackay, "Surface-induced First Order Transition in Athermal Polymer/Nanoparticle Blends," Phys Rev Letters, 99 (2007) 238302-1 - 4.
A. Tuteja, P. M. Duxbury and M. E. Mackay, "Multifunctional nanocomposites with reduced viscosity," Macromolecules, 40 (2007) 9427-9434.
J. Q. Xu, D. A. Bohnsack, M. E. Mackay and K. L. Wooley, "Unusual mechanical performance of amphiphilic crosslinked polymer networks," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129 (2007) 506-507.
M. A. Holmes, M. E. Mackay and R. K. Giunta, "Nanoparticles for Dewetting Suppression of Thin Polymer Films used in Chemical Sensors," J. Nanopart. Res., 9 (2007) 753-763.
R. S. Krishnan, M. E. Mackay, P. M. Duxbury, C. J. Hawker, S. Asokan, M. S. Wong, R. Goyette and P.Thiyagarajan, "Improved polymer thin-film wetting behavior through nanoparticle segregation to interfaces," J. Phys.: Cond Matter, 19 (2007) 356003.
R. S. Krishnan, M. E. Mackay, P. M. Duxbury, A. Pastor, C. J. Hawker, B. Van Horn, S. Asokan and M. S. Wong, "Self-assembled multilayers of nanocomponents," Nano Letters, 7 (2007) 484-489.
A. Tuteja, M. E. Mackay, S. Narayanan, S. Asokan and M. S. Wong, "Breakdown of the continuum Stokes-Einstein relation for nanoparticle diffusion," Nano Letters, 7 (2007) 1276-1281.
J. Xu, D. A. Bohnsack, M. E. Mackay and K. L. Wooley, "Unusual Mechanical Performance of Amphiphilic Crosslinked Polymer Networks," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129 (2007) 506-507.
M. E. Mackay, A. Tuteja, P. M. Duxbury, C. J. Hawker, B. Van Horn, Z. B. Guan, G. H. Chen and R. S. Krishnan, "General strategies for nanoparticle dispersion," Science, 311 (2006) 1740-1743.
A. Tuteja, M. E. Mackay, C. J. Hawker, B. Van Horn and D. L. Ho, "Molecular architecture and rheological characterization of novel intramolecularly crosslinked polystyrene nanoparticles," J. Poly. Sci. B - Poly. Phys., 44 (2006) 1930-1947.

L. M. Passeno, M. E. Mackay, G. L. Baker, R. Vestberg and C. J. Hawker, "Conformational Changes of Linear-Dendrimer Diblock Copolymers in Dilute Solution," Macromolecules, 39 (2006) 740-746.
M. E. Mackay, "A simple model for the Millipede write technique," IEEE Trans. Nano., 4 (2005) 641-644.
T. E. Dukette, M. E. Mackay, B. Van Horn, K. L. Wooley, E. Drockenmuller, M. Malkoch and C. J. Hawker, "Conformation of Intramolecularly Cross-Linked Polymer Nanoparticles on Solid Substrates," Nano Letters, 5 (2005) 1704-1709.
Tuteja, M. E. Mackay, C. J. Hawker and B. V. Horn, "Effect of Ideal, Organic Nanoparticles on the Flow Properties of Linear Polymers: Non-Einstein-like Behavior," Macromolecules, 38 (2005) 8000-8011.
R. S. Krishnan, M. E. Mackay, C. J. Hawker and B. Van Horn, "Influence of molecular architecture on the dewetting of thin polystyrene films," Langmuir, 21 (2005) 5770-5776.
S. Sivakova, D. A. Bohnsack, M. E. Mackay, P. Suwanmala and S. J. Rowan, "Utilization of a Combination of Weak Hydrogen-Bonding Interactions and Phase Segregation to Yield Highly Thermosensitive Supramolecular Polymers.," J. Am. Chem. Soc, 127 (2005) 18202-18211.
M. A. Holmes, M. E. Mackay and R. K. Giunta, "Stabilization of thin polymer films with nanoparticles for use in chemical sensors," Proc. Ann. Meeting Adh. Soc., 28 (2005) 112-114.
Tuteja and M. E. Mackay, "Multifunctionality in nanocomposites," PMSE Preprints, 93 (2005) 554.
L. M. Passeno, G. L. Baker and M. E. Mackay, "Effect of solvent quality on the size of PAMAM dendrons," PMSE Preprints, 93 (2005) 234-235.
Tuteja, M. E. Mackay, C. J. Hawker, B. van Horn and Z. Guan, "Nanoparticle induced phase stability in polymers," Polymer Preprints, 46 (2005) 563-564.
R. S. Krishnan, M. E. Mackay and C. J. Hawker, "Entropic phase separation of organic nanoparticles," Polymer Preprints, 46 (2005) 547-548.
M. E. Mackay, "Molecular architecture effects on the properties of polymers," PMSE Preprints, 92 (2005) 177.
M. A. Holmes, R. K. Giunta and M. E. Mackay, " Nanoparticles for suppression of dewetting of thin polymer films," Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Adhesion Society, 27 (2004) 166-181.
Tuteja, M. E. Mackay and C. J. Hawker, "Nanoparticle induced non-Einstein like behavior of polymer melts," Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 91 (2004) 1003-1004.
L. M. Passeno, G. L. Baker, M. E. Mackay and C. J. Hawker, "Determination of the conformation of linear-dendrimer diblock copolymers in dilute solution," Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 91 (2004) 997-998.
D. A. Bohnsack, M. E. Mackay, S. Sivakova and S. J. Rowan, "Telechelic polymers having tunable properties due to bio-inspired nucleobase end groups," Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 91 (2004) 992-993.
M. A. Holmes, M. E. Mackay and R. K. Giunta, "Nanoparticles for suppression of dewetting in thin polymer films for use in chemical sensors," Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 91 (2004) 1049-1050.
R. S. Krishnan, M. E. Mackay and C. J. Hawker, "Influence of organic nanoparticles on dewetting of thin polystyrene films," Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 91 (2004) 925-926.
T. E. Dukette, M. E. Mackay and C. J. Hawker, "Determining nanoparticle conformation on solid substrates and developing techniques to assemble nanoparticles in complex one and two dimensional assemblies," Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 91 (2004) 822-823.
M. A. Holmes, M. E. Mackay, R. S. Krishnan, R. K. Giunta, C. J. Hawker and M. Malkoch, "Stabilization of thin polymer films with nanoparticles for use in chemical and biological sensors," Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, 90 (2004) 692-693.
J. Hawker, M. E. Mackay, T. P. Russell, M. Malkoch, E. Drockenmuller, H.-C. Kim, A. Tuteja and D. L. Ho, "Non-Einstein behaviour of intramolecularly crosslinked nanoparticles," Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, 90 (2004) 184.
M. E. Mackay, C. J. Hawker and R. S. Krishnan, "Influence of organic nanoparticles on dewetting of thin polystyrene films.," Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 228 (2004) U506-U506.
M. A. Holmes, M. E. Mackay, R. S. Krishnan, R. K. Giunta, C. J. Hawker and M. Malkoch, "Stabilization of thin polymer films with nanoparticles for use in chemical and biological sensors.," Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 227 (2004) U550-U550.

M.E. Mackay, T. T. Dao, A. Tuteja, D. L. Ho, B. van Horn, H.-C. Kim and C. J. Hawker, "Nanoscale effects leading to non-Einstein-like decrease in viscosity," Nature Materials, 2 (2003) 762-766.
M. E. Mackay, "Dendrimers, nanodevices to create unique phenomena," Comptes Rendus Chimie, 6 (2003) 747-754.
B. M. Tande, N. J. Wagner and M. E. Mackay, "Phase behavior of hybrid dendron-linear copolymers and blends with linear homopolymer," Comptes Rendus Chimie, 6 (2003) 853-864.
M. E. Mackay and G. Carmezini, "Manipulation of hyperbranched polymers' conformation," Chemistry of Materials, 14 (2002) 819-825.

· M. E. Mackay, Y. Hong, S. Hong, T. P. Russell, C. J. Hawker, R. Vestberg and J. Douglas, "The influence of dendrimers on the dewetting of thin polystyrene films," Langmuir, 18 (2002) 1877-1882.

· M. E. Mackay, M. Jeong, Y. Hong, S. Hong, S. P. Gido, B. Tande, N. J. Wagner, C. J. Hawker and R. Vestberg, "Self assembly of dendrimer-linear polymer block copolymers into ordered structures," Macromolecules, 35 (2002) 8391 -8399.

· V. T. O'Brien and M. E. Mackay, "Shear and elongation flow properties of kaolin suspensions," Journal of Rheology, 46 (2002) 557-572.

· M. Jeong, M. E. Mackay, C. J. Hawker and R. Vestberg, "Intrinsic viscosity variation in different solvents for dendrimers and their hybrid copolymers with linear polymers," Macromolecules, 34 (2001) 4927-4936.

· M. E. Mackay, G. Carmezini, B. B. Sauer and W. Kampert, "On the surface properties of hyperbranched polymers," Langmuir, 17 (2001) 1708-1712.

· M. E. Mackay, G. Hay and C. J. Hawker, "On the thermodynamic properties of dendrimers compared to linear polymers: General observations," J. Poly. Sci. Part B: Poly. Phys., 39 (2001) 1766-1777.

· B. M. Tande, N. J. Wagner, M. E. Mackay, C. J. Hawker and M. Jeong, "Viscosimetric, hydrodynamic, and conformational properties of dendrimers and dendrons," Macromolecules, 34 (2001) 8580-8585.

· G. Hay, M. E. Mackay, S. A. McGlashan and Y. Park, "Comparison of shear stress and wall slip measurement techniques on a linear low density polyethylene," J. Non-Newton. Fluid Mech., 92 (2000) 187-201.

· Y. Hong, S. J. Coombs, J. J. Cooper-White, M. E. Mackay, C. J. Hawker, E. Malmström and N. Rehnberg, "Film blowing of linear low density polyethylene blended with a novel hyperbranched polymer processing aid," Polymer, 41 (2000) 7705-7713.

· R. G. Horn, O. I. Vinogradova, M. E. Mackay and N. Phan-Thien, "Hydrodynamic slippage inferred from thin film drainage measurements in a solution of nonabsorbing polymer," J. Chem. Phys., 112 (2000) 6424-6433.

· V. T. O'Brien and M. E. Mackay, "Stress components and shear thickening of concentrated hard sphere suspensions," Langmuir, 16 (2000) 7931-7938.

· K. M. Awati, Y. Park, E. Weisser and M. E. Mackay, "Wall slip and shear stresses of polymer melts at high shear rates without pressure and viscous heating effects," J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., 89 (1999) 117-131.

· J. J. Cooper-White and M. E. Mackay, "Rheological properties of poly(lactides). Effect of molecular weight and temperature on the viscoelasticity of poly(l-lactide)," J. Poly. Sci.: Poly. Phys., 37 (1999) 1803-1814.

· G. Hay, M. E. Mackay, K. M. Awati and Y. Park, "Pressure and temperature effects in slit rheometry," J. Rheology, 43 (1999) 1099-1116.

· Y. Hong, J. J. Cooper-White, M. E. Mackay, C. J. Hawker, E. Malmström and N. Rehnberg, "A novel processing aid for polymer extrusion: Rheology and processing of polyethylene and hyperbranched polymer blends," Journal of Rheology, 43 (1999) 781-793.

· S. A. McGlashan and M. E. Mackay, "Comparison of entry flow techniques for measuring elongation flow properties," J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 85 (1999) 213-227.

· P. J. Farrington, C. J. Hawker, J. M. J. Fréchet and M. E. Mackay, "The melt viscosity of dendritic poly(benzyl ether) macromolecules," Macromolecules, 31 (1998) 5043-5050.

· M. E. Mackay and D. J. Henson, "The effect of molecular mass and temperature on the slip of polystyrene melts at low stress levels," J. Rheology, 42 (1998) 1505-1517.

· S. A. McGlashan, V. T. O'Brien, K. M. Awati and M. E. Mackay, "Approximate elongation flow properties utilising the opposed orifice technique - Correction for shear and inertia," Rheological Acta, 37 (1998) 214-222.

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