Publications

Raegen, A. N., Zhou, Q. & Forrest, J. A. Anisotropy and anharmonicity in polystyrene stable glass. J. Chem. Phys. 153, 214508 (2020).DOI

Raegen, A. N., Yin, J., Zhou, Q. & Forrest, J. A. Ultrastable monodisperse polymer glass formed by physical vapour deposition. Nat. Mater. 19, 1110–1113 (2020).DOI

Arutkin, M., Raphaël, E., Forrest, J. A. & Salez, T. Cooperative strings and glassy dynamics in various confined geometries. Phys. Rev. E 101, 032122 (2020).DOI

Chai, Y., Salez, T. & Forrest, J. A. Using Mw Dependence of Surface Dynamics of Glassy Polymers to Probe the Length Scale of Free-Surface Mobility. Macromolecules 53, 1084–1089 (2020).DOI

Yin, J., Raegen, A., Idziak, S. H. J. & Forrest, J. A. Crystallization and melting of highly monodisperse poly(ethylene-oxide). Soft Matter 16, 7958–7969 (2020).DOI

Raegen, A., Forrest, J., Raegen, A. & Forrest, J. Thin films of ultramonodisperse polystyrene polymers. APS 2019, B49.008 (2019).

Mckenzie, I. et al. β-NMR Studies of the Depth Dependence of Secondary Relaxations in Polystyrene Thin Films. APS 2019 (2019).

Ruffine, V. et al. The glass transition in polydisperse polymers: contribution of mixing entropy. APS 2019, H42.002 (2019).

Dinc, F. et al. Increased yield of MoS2 monolayer exfoliation through the bimetallic corrosion of aluminum. Appl. Phys. Lett. 113, 213101 (2018).DOI

Chai, Y. & Forrest, J. A. Using Atomic Force Microscopy to Probe Crystallization in Atactic Polystyrenes. Macromol. Chem. Phys. 219, 1700466 (2018).DOI

McKenzie, I. et al. Direct measurements of the temperature, depth and processing dependence of phenyl ring dynamics in polystyrene thin films by β-detected NMR. Soft Matter 14, 7324–7334 (2018).DOI

Cha, Y., Raegen, A. N., Zhu, S. & Forrest, J. A. Crystallization of low molecular weight atactic polystyrene. Soft Matter 14, 6883–6891 (2018).DOI

Hall, B., Forrest, J. A. & Jones, L. A Review of Techniques to Measure Protein Sorption to Soft Contact Lenses. Eye and Contact Lens vol. 43 276–286 (2017).DOI

Zhu, S., Chai, Y. & Forrest, J. A. Evaporative purification to produce highly monodisperse polymers: Application to polystyrene for n=3-13 and quantification of Tg from oligomer to polymer. Phys. Rev. Mater. 1, 025605 (2017).DOI

Arutkin, M., Raphaël, E., Forrest, J. A. & Salez, T. Cooperative strings in glassy nanoparticles. Soft Matter 13, 141–146 (2017).DOI

Salez, T., McGraw, J. D., Dalnoki-Veress, K., Raphaël, E. & Forrest, J. A. Glass transition at interfaces. Europhys. News 48, 24–28 (2017).DOI

Lin, F. Y., Forrest, W. S. R., Daley, C. R., Chai, Y. & Forrest, J. A. Measuring the solubility of solids in non-solvents: case of polystyrene in alkanes. Eur. Phys. J. E 39, 1–5 (2016).DOI

Lin, F. Y. et al. Nanoporous polystyrene prepared via the selective removal of the low Mw component in polystyrene blends. Polym. J. 48, 983–990 (2016).DOI

Verma, M. S. et al. Towards point-of-care detection of polymicrobial infections: Rapid colorimetric response using a portable spectrophotometer. Sens. Bio-Sensing Res. 10, 15–19 (2016).DOI

Fowler, P. D., Ruscher, C., McGraw, J. D., Forrest, J. A. & Dalnoki-Veress, K. Controlling Marangoni-induced instabilities in spin-cast polymer films: How to prepare uniform films. Eur. Phys. J. E 39, 1–8 (2016).DOI

Hall, B., Heynen, M., Jones, L. W. & Forrest, J. A. Analysis of Using I125 Radiolabeling for Quantifying Protein on Contact Lenses. Curr. Eye Res. 41, 456–465 (2016).DOI

Salez, T., Salez, J., Dalnoki-Veress, K., Raphaël, E. & Forrest, J. A. Cooperative strings and glassy interfaces. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 112, 8227–8231 (2015).DOI

Hall, B., Jones, L. W. & Forrest, J. A. Competitive effects from an artificial tear solution to protein adsorption. Optom. Vis. Sci. 92, 781–789 (2015).DOI

Hall, B., Jones, L. & Forrest, J. A. Kinetics of competitive adsorption between lysozyme and lactoferrin on silicone hydrogel contact lenses and the effect on lysozyme activity. Curr. Eye Res. 40, 622–631 (2015).DOI

McKenzie, I. et al. Enhanced high-frequency molecular dynamics in the near-surface region of polystyrene thin films observed with β-NMR. Soft Matter 11, 1755–1761 (2015).DOI

McGee, F. H. et al. A Brief Survey of β-Detected NMR of Implanted 8Li+ in Organic Polymers. in Journal of Physics: Conference Series vol. 551 012039 (Institute of Physics Publishing, 2014).

Walia, J. et al. Enhanced photothermal conversion in vertically oriented gallium arsenide nanowire arrays. Nano Lett. 14, 5820–5826 (2014).DOI

Hall, B., Phan, C.-M., Subbaraman, L., Jones, L. W. & Forrest, J. Extraction versus In Situ Techniques for Measuring Surface-Adsorbed Lysozyme. Optom. Vis. Sci. 91, 1062–1070 (2014).DOI

Walia, J. et al. Diameter dependent heating in GaAs nanowires. in 14th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE-NANO 2014 893–895 (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014). doi:10.1109/NANO.2014.6968187.DOI

Forrest, J. A. & Dalnoki-Veress, K. When Does a Glass Transition Temperature Not Signify a Glass Transition? ACS Macro Lett. 3, 310–314 (2014).DOI

Chai, Y. et al. A direct quantitative measure of surface mobility in a glassy polymer. Science (80-. ). 343, 994–999 (2014).DOI

Ediger, M. D. & Forrest, J. A. Dynamics near free surfaces and the glass transition in thin polymer films: A view to the future. Macromolecules 47, 471–478 (2014).DOI

Hall, B., Jones, L. & Forrest, J. A. Measuring the kinetics and activity of adsorbed proteins: In vitro lysozyme deposited onto hydrogel contact lenses over short time periods. J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Part A 101A, 755–764 (2013).DOI

Khorasaninejad, M. et al. Highly enhanced raman scattering of graphene using plasmonic nano-structure. Sci. Rep. 3, 1–7 (2013).DOI

Forrest, J. A. What can we learn about a dynamical length scale in glasses from measurements of surface mobility? J. Chem. Phys. 139, (2013).DOI

Schreiter, K. M., Glawdel, T., Forrest, J. A. & Ren, C. L. Robust thin-film fluorescence thermometry for prolonged measurements in microfluidic devices. RSC Adv. 3, 17236–17243 (2013).DOI

Qi, D., Daley, C. R., Chai, Y. & Forrest, J. A. Molecular weight dependence of near surface dynamical mechanical properties of polymers. Soft Matter 9, 8958–8964 (2013).DOI

Bäumchen, O., McGraw, J. D., Forrest, J. A. & Dalnoki-Veress, K. Reduced glass transition temperatures in thin polymer films: Surface effect or artifact? Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 055701 (2012).DOI

Kaur, K. & Forrest, J. A. Influence of particle size on the binding activity of proteins adsorbed onto gold nanoparticles. Langmuir 28, 2736–2744 (2012).DOI

Daley, C. R., Fakhraai, Z., Ediger, M. D. & Forrest, J. A. Comparing surface and bulk flow of a molecular glass former. Soft Matter 8, 2206–2212 (2012).DOI

Qi, D., Ilton, M. & Forrest, J. A. Measuring surface and bulk relaxation in glassy polymers. Eur. Phys. J. E. Soft Matter 34, 1–7 (2011).DOI

Forrest, J., Forrest & James. Surface Dynamics in Glass forming Materials. APS 2011, V4.004 (2011).

Niri, V. H., Flatt, B. K., Fakhraai, Z. & Forrest, J. A. Simultaneous monitoring of electroformation of phospholipid vesicles by quartz crystal microbalance and optical microscopy. Chem. Phys. Lipids 163, 36–41 (2010).DOI

Leal, R. et al. Relaxation of surface tracks on polycarbonate thin films induced by MeV heavy-ion impacts. in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms vol. 268 3080–3083 (North-Holland, 2010).DOI

Ilton, M., Qi, D. & Forrest, J. A. Using nanoparticle embedding to probe surface rheology and the length scale of surface mobility in glassy polymers. Macromolecules 42, 6851–6854 (2009).DOI

Teichroeb, J. H., McVeigh, P. Z. & Forrest, J. A. Influence of nanoparticle size on the pH-dependent structure of adsorbed proteins studied with quantitative localized surface plasmon spectroscopy. Eur. Phys. J. E 30, 157–164 (2009).DOI

Teichroeb, J. H., McVeigh, P. Z. & Forrest, J. A. Influence of nanoparticle size on the pH-dependent structure of adsorbed proteins studied with quantitative localized surface plasmon spectroscopy. Eur. Phys. J. E 30, 157–164 (2009).DOI

Raegen, A. N., Massa, M. V., Forrest, J. A. & Dalnoki-Veress, K. Effect of atmosphere on reductions in the glass transition of thin polystyrene films. Eur. Phys. J. E 27, 375–377 (2008).DOI

Qi, D., Fakhraai, Z. & Forrest, J. A. Substrate and chain size dependence of near surface dynamics of glassy polymers. Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, (2008).DOI

Teichroeb, J. H., Forrest, J. A. & Jones, L. W. Size-dependent denaturing kinetics of bovine serum albumin adsorbed onto gold nanospheres. Eur. Phys. J. E 26, 411–415 (2008).DOI

Teichroeb, J. H. et al. Imaging protein deposits on contact lens materials. Optom. Vis. Sci. 85, 1151–1164 (2008).DOI

Teichroeb, J. H., Forrest, J. A., Jones, L. W., Chan, J. & Dalton, K. Quartz crystal microbalance study of protein adsorption kinetics on poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate). J. Colloid Interface Sci. 325, 157–164 (2008).DOI

Fakhraai, Z. & Forrest, J. A. Measuring the surface dynamics of glassy polymers. Science (80-. ). 319, 600–604 (2008).DOI

Sharp, J. S. et al. Reply to comment on ‘the properties of free polymer surfaces and their effect upon the glass transition temperature of thin polystyrene films’ by S.A. Hutcheson and G.B. McKenna. European Physical Journal E vol. 22 287–291 (2007).DOI

Teichroeb, J. H., Forrest, J. A., Ngai, V. & Jones, L. W. Anomalous thermal denaturing of proteins adsorbed to nanoparticles. Eur. Phys. J. E 21, 19–24 (2006).DOI

Sharp, J. S. et al. Spinodal wrinkling in thin-film poly(ethylene oxide)/polystyrene bilayers. Eur. Phys. J. E 19, 423–432 (2006).DOI

Fakhraai, Z. & Forrest, J. A. Probing slow dynamics in supported thin polymer films. Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, (2005).DOI

Fakhraai, Z., Valadkhan, S. & Forrest, J. A. Qualitative discrepancy between different measures of dynamics in thin polymer films. Eur. Phys. J. E 18, 143–148 (2005).DOI

Ngai, V., Medley, J. B., Jones, L., Forrest, J. & Teichroeb, J. Friction of contact lenses: Silicone hydrogel versus conventional hydrogel. Tribol. Interface Eng. Ser. 48, 371–379 (2005).DOI

Sharp, J. S., Teichroeb, J. H. & Forrest, J. A. The properties of free polymer surfaces and their influence on the glass transition temperature of thin polystyrene films. Eur. Phys. J. E 15, 473–487 (2004).DOI

Fakhraai, Z., Sharp, J. S. & Forrest, J. A. Effect of sample preparation on the glass-transition of thin polystyrene films. J. Polym. Sci. Part B Polym. Phys. 42, 4503–4507 (2004).DOI

Chan, J., Forrest, J. A. & Torrie, B. H. Using a quartz crystal microbalance to probe formation of Xe hydrate in thin ice films. J. Appl. Phys. 96, 2980–2984 (2004).DOI

Sharp, J. S. & Forrest, J. A. Metal - Polymer interfaces and their effect on the glass transition of thin polystyrene films. in Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings vol. 790 197–202 (Materials Research Society, 2003).DOI

Sharp, J. S. & Forrest, J. A. Free surfaces cause reductions in the glass transition temperature of thin polystyrene films. Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, (2003).DOI

Frick, B. et al. First inelastic neutron scattering studies on thin free standing polymer films. Eur. Phys. J. E 12, 81–84 (2003).DOI

Sharp, J. S. & Forrest, J. A. Thickness dependence of the dynamics in thin films of isotactic poly (methylmethacrylate). Eur. Phys. J. E 12, 85–89 (2003).DOI

Massa, M. V., Dalnoki-Veress, K. & Forrest, J. A. Crystallization kinetics and crystal morphology in thin poly(ethylene oxide) films. Eur. Phys. J. E 11, 191–198 (2003).DOI

Teichroeb, J. H. & Forrest, J. A. Direct Imaging of Nanoparticle Embedding to Probe Viscoelasticity of Polymer Surfaces. Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, (2003).DOI

Sharp, J. S. & Forrest, J. A. Dielectric and ellipsometric studies of the dynamics in thin films of isotactic poly(methylmethacrylate) with one free surface. Phys. Rev. E - Stat. Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, Relat. Interdiscip. Top. 67, 9 (2003).DOI

Dalnoki-Veress, K., Dutcher, J.R., Forrest, J.A. Dynamics and Pattern Formation in Thin Polymer Films, Physics in Canada 59, 75-84 (2003).

Teichroeb, J. H. & Forrest, J. A. Direct imaging of nanoparticle embedding into PS films. in Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings vol. 734 75–80 (Springer, 2003).DOI

Sharp, J. S., Forrest, J. A. & Jones, R. A. L. Surface denaturation and amyloid fibril formation of insulin at model lipid-water interfaces. Biochemistry 41, 15810–15819 (2002).DOI

Forrest, J. A., Mattsson, J. & Börjesson, L. Using adhesion to probe viscoelasticity of polymer film surfaces: A quartz crystal microbalance study. Eur. Phys. J. E 8, 129–136 (2002).DOI

Forrest, J. A. A decade of dynamics in thin films of polystyrene: Where are we now? Eur. Phys. J. E 8, 261–266 (2002).DOI

Wübbenhorst, M., Murray, C. A., Forrest, J. A. & Dutcher, J. R. Dielectric relaxations in ultra-thin films of PMMA: Assessing the length scale of cooperativity in the dynamic glass transition. in Proceedings - International Symposium on Electrets 401–406 (2002). doi:10.1109/ise.2002.1043027.DOI

Sharp, J. S., Forrest, J. A. & Jones, R. A. L. Swelling of poly(DL-lactide) and polylactide-co-glycolide in humid environments. Macromolecules 34, 8752–8760 (2001).DOI

Forrest, J. A. & Dalnoki-Veress, K. Sub-glass-transition temperature interface formation between an immiscible glass rubber pair. J. Polym. Sci. Part B Polym. Phys. 39, 2664–2670 (2001).DOI

Dalnoki-Veress, K., Forrest, J. A., Massa, M. V., Pratt, A. & Williams, A. Crystal growth rate in ultrathin films of poly(ethylene oxide). J. Polym. Sci. Part B Polym. Phys. 39, 2615–2621 (2001).DOI

Forrest, J. A. & Dalnoki-Veress, K. The glass transition in thin polymer films. Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. 94, 167–195 (2001).DOI

Dalnoki-Veress, K., Forrest, J. A., Murray, C., Gigault, C. & Dutcher, J. R. Molecular weight dependence of reductions in the glass transition temperature of thin, freely standing polymer films. Phys. Rev. E - Stat. Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, Relat. Interdiscip. Top. 63, (2001).DOI

Forrest, J. A. & Mattsson, J. Reductions of the glass transition temperature in thin polymer films: Probing the length scale of cooperative dynamics. Phys. Rev. E - Stat. Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, Relat. Interdiscip. Top. 61, (2000).DOI

Forrest, J. A. & Mattsson, J. Using polymer films to probe finite size effects in glass forming materials. Le J. Phys. IV 10, Pr7-251-Pr7-254 (2000).DOI

Mattsson, J., Forrest, J. A. & Börjesson, L. Quantifying glass transition behavior in ultrathin free-standing polymer films. Phys. Rev. E - Stat. Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, Relat. Interdiscip. Top. 62, 5187–5200 (2000).DOI

Mattsson, J. et al. Characterisation of sub micron salt-doped polymer electrolyte films. Electrochim. Acta 45, 1453–1461 (2000).DOI

Dalnoki-Veress, K., Forrest, J. A., de Gennes, P. G. & Dutcher, J. R. Glass transition reductions in thin freely-standing polymer films : A scaling analysis of chain confinement effects. Le J. Phys. IV 10, Pr7-221-Pr7-226 (2000).DOI

Dutcher, J. R., Dalnoki-Veress, K. & Forrest, J. A. Optical probes of the glass transition in thin polymer films. ACS Symp. Ser. 736, 127–139 (1999).DOI

Forrest, J. A., Dalnoki-Veress, K. & Dutcher, J. R. Brillouin light scattering studies of the mechanical properties of thin freely standing polystyrene films. Phys. Rev. E 58, 6109–6114 (1998).DOI

Forrest, J. A. et al. Relaxation dynamics in ultrathin polymer films. Phys. Rev. E - Stat. Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, Relat. Interdiscip. Top. 58, R1226–R1229 (1998).DOI

Forrest, J. A., Dalnoki-Veress, K. & Dutcher, J. R. Interface and chain confinement effects on the glass transition temperature of thin polymer films. Phys. Rev. E - Stat. Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, Relat. Interdiscip. Top. 56, 5705–5716 (1997).DOI

Dalnoki-Veress, K., Forrest, J. A., Stevens, J. R. & Dutcher, J. R. Phase separation morphology of spin-coated polymer blend thin films. Phys. A Stat. Mech. its Appl. 239, 87–94 (1997).DOI

Forrest, J. A., Dalnoki-Veress, K., Stevens, J. R. & Dutcher, J. R. Effect of free surfaces on the glass transition temperature of thin polymer films. Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 2002–2005 (1996).DOI

Dalnoki-Veress, K., Forrest, J. A., Stevens, J. R. & Dutcher, J. R. Phase separation morphology of thin films of polystyrene/polyisoprene blends. J. Polym. Sci. Part B Polym. Phys. 34, 3017–3024 (1996).DOI

Forrest, J. A., Rowat, A. C., Dalnoki-Veress, K., Stevens, J. R. & Dutcher, J. R. Brillouin light scattering studies of the mechanical properties of polystyrene/polyisoprene multilayered thin films. J. Polym. Sci. Part B Polym. Phys. 34, 3009–3016 (1996).DOI

Forrest, J. A., Dalnoki-Veress, K., Dutcher, J. R., Rowat, A. C. & Stevens, J. R. Brillouin light scattering determination of the glass transition in thin, freely-standing poly(styrene) films. Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings vol. 407 131–136 (Materials Research Society, 1996).DOI

Dalnoki-Veress, K., van Heumen, J. D., Forrest, J. A., Dutcher, J. R., Stevens, J. R. Mechanical Properties of Thin Thermoplastic Polyurethane Films Measured Using Brillouin Light Scattering.  Proceedings of the Institute for Polymer Research, 17th Annual Symposium (1995).