| The distribution of glass-transition temperatures in nanoscopically confined glass formers CJ Ellison, JM Torkelson Nature materials 2 (10), 695-700, 2003 | 1184 | 2003 |
| Structural relaxation of polymer glasses at surfaces, interfaces, and in between RD Priestley, CJ Ellison, LJ Broadbelt, JM Torkelson Science 309 (5733), 456-459, 2005 | 728 | 2005 |
| Spin coating of thin and ultrathin polymer films DB Hall, P Underhill, JM Torkelson Polymer Engineering & Science 38 (12), 2039-2045, 1998 | 706 | 1998 |
| Model polymer nanocomposites provide an understanding of confinement effects in real nanocomposites P Rittigstein, RD Priestley, LJ Broadbelt, JM Torkelson Nature materials 6 (4), 278-282, 2007 | 656 | 2007 |
| Polymer–nanoparticle interfacial interactions in polymer nanocomposites: confinement effects on glass transition temperature and suppression of physical aging P Rittigstein, JM Torkelson Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 44 (20), 2935-2943, 2006 | 429 | 2006 |
| Crumpled graphene nanosheets as highly effective barrier property enhancers OC Compton, S Kim, C Pierre, JM Torkelson, SBT Nguyen Advanced materials 22 (42), 4759-4763, 2010 | 420 | 2010 |
| On measuring the distribution of local free volume in glassy polymers by photochromic and fluorescence techniques JG Victor, JM Torkelson Macromolecules 20 (9), 2241-2250, 1987 | 401 | 1987 |
| Impacts of polystyrene molecular weight and modification to the repeat unit structure on the glass transition− nanoconfinement effect and the cooperativity length scale CJ Ellison, MK Mundra, JM Torkelson Macromolecules 38 (5), 1767-1778, 2005 | 340 | 2005 |
| Polymer− graphite nanocomposites: effective dispersion and major property enhancement via solid-state shear pulverization K Wakabayashi, C Pierre, DA Dikin, RS Ruoff, T Ramanathan, LC Brinson, ... Macromolecules 41 (6), 1905-1908, 2008 | 331 | 2008 |
| Eliminating the enhanced mobility at the free surface of polystyrene: fluorescence studies of the glass transition temperature in thin bilayer films of immiscible polymers CB Roth, KL McNerny, WF Jager, JM Torkelson Macromolecules 40 (7), 2568-2574, 2007 | 232 | 2007 |
| Orientation and second-harmonic generation in doped polystyrene and poly (methyl methacrylate) films HL Hampsch, J Yang, GK Wong, JM Torkelson Macromolecules 21 (2), 526-528, 1988 | 214 | 1988 |
| Confinement and processing effects on glass transition temperature and physical aging in ultrathin polymer films: Novel fluorescence measurements CJ Ellison, SD Kim, DB Hall, JM Torkelson The European Physical Journal E 8 (2), 155-166, 2002 | 208 | 2002 |
| Rotational reorientation dynamics of disperse red 1 in polystyrene: α‐relaxation dynamics probed by second harmonic generation and dielectric relaxation A Dhinojwala, GK Wong, JM Torkelson The Journal of chemical physics 100 (8), 6046-6054, 1994 | 188 | 1994 |
| Dopant orientation dynamics in doped second-order nonlinear optical amorphous polymers. 1. Effects of temperature above and below Tg in corona-poled films HL Hampsch, J Yang, GK Wong, JM Torkelson Macromolecules 23 (15), 3640-3647, 1990 | 188 | 1990 |
| Uniquely broad glass transition temperatures of gradient copolymers relative to random and block copolymers containing repulsive comonomers J Kim, MM Mok, RW Sandoval, DJ Woo, JM Torkelson Macromolecules 39 (18), 6152-6160, 2006 | 169 | 2006 |
| Sensing the glass transition in thin and ultrathin polymer films via fluorescence probes and labels CJ Ellison, JM Torkelson Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 40 (24), 2745-2758, 2002 | 163 | 2002 |
| Dramatic reduction of the effect of nanoconfinement on the glass transition of polymer films via addition of small-molecule diluent CJ Ellison, RL Ruszkowski, NJ Fredin, JM Torkelson Physical review letters 92 (9), 095702, 2004 | 158 | 2004 |
| The roles of phase separation mechanism and coarsening in the formation of poly (methyl methacrylate) asymmetric membranes FJ Tsai, JM Torkelson Macromolecules 23 (3), 775-784, 1990 | 154 | 1990 |
| Second harmonic generation in corona poled, doped polymer films as a function of corona processing HL Hampsch, JM Torkelson, SJ Bethke, SG Grubb Journal of applied physics 67 (2), 1037-1041, 1990 | 148 | 1990 |
| Second harmonic generation in doped glassy polymer films as a function of physical ageing and dopant size HL Hampsch, J Yang, GK Wong, JM Torkelson Polymer communications Guildford 30 (2), 40-43, 1989 | 148 | 1989 |
SonBinh NguyenProfessor of Chemistry, Northwestern UniversityVerified email at northwestern.edu
