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College of Engineering and Applied Science
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering

Maciej Radosz

Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Room 3032A, Engineering Building
University of Wyoming
College of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Dept. 3295
1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071
radosz@uwyo.edu
Phone: 307.766.4926

Soft Materials LaboratorySoft Materials Laboratory

Education:
  • M.S., Cracow University of Technology, Poland
  • Ph.D., Cracow University of Technology, Poland
  • Postdoc, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 1978-1980
  • Postdoc, Purdue University, 1980-1981

Experience:
  • ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Engineering, 1981-1985
  • ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Corporate Research Science Labs, 1985-1994
  • Rutgers University, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Visiting Professor, 1992-1994
  • Louisiana State University, Chemical Engineering, Distinguished Professor and M.F. Gautreaux/Ethyl Corporation Endowed Chair, 1995-2000
  • Louisiana State University, Chemistry, Adjunct Professor
  • University of Wyoming, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Professor and Department Head, 2000-2004


Specialization:

Soft materials and biomaterials, drug delivery, polymers, separations, supercritical fluids, equations of state, CO2 capture


Recent Projects

  • Self-assembly of block copolymers in compressible solvents, funded by NSF
  • Nano-structured biomaterials for drug and gene delivery, with Y. Shen, funded by NSF, NIH, DoD
  • Carbon Filter Process aimed at carbon capture on carbonaceous sorbents, funded by State of Wyoming and industry
  • Polyolefin fouling, funded by industry

 

Recent Publications (a total of over 5,000 citations)

2011

224.      Dutcher, B.; Adidharma, H.; Radosz, M., Carbon Filter Process for Flue-Gas Carbon Capture on Carbonaceous Sorbents: Steam-Aided Vacuum Swing Adsorption Option. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2011), 50(16), 9696-9703

223.      Green, J.; Tyrrell, Z.; Radosz, M.; Hong, K.; Mays, J. W., Nanostructure of Solid Precipitates Obtained by Expansion of Polystyrene-block-Polybutadiene Solutions in Near Critical Propane: Block Ratio and Micellar Solution Effects. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2011), 115(19), 9465-9470

222.      Hu, X.; Fan, M.; Towler, B.; Radosz, M.; Bell, D.; Plumb, O., Hydrogen Adsorption and Storage. In Coal Gasification and Its Applications, William Andrew Publishing: Boston, (2011), pp 157-245.

221.      Hu, X.; Radosz, M.; Cychosz, K. A.; Thommes, M., CO2-Filling Capacity and Selectivity of Carbon Nanopores: Synthesis, Texture, and Pore-Size Distribution from Quenched-Solid Density Functional Theory (QSDFT). Environmental Science & Technology (2011), 45(16), 7068-7074

220.      Sun, Q.; Ma, X.; Zhang, B.; Zhou, Z.; Jin, E.; Van Kirk, E.; Murdoch, W.; Radosz, M.; Shen, Y., Self-assembly of dendrimer/lipid for drug delivery.  PMSE Preprints (2011)

219.      Tyrrell, Z. L.; Shen, Y.; Radosz, M., Near-Critical Fluid Micellization for High and Efficient Drug Loading: Encapsulation of Paclitaxel into PEG-b-PCL Micelles. Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2011), 115(24), 11951-11956

218.      Winoto, W.; Radosz, M., Decompression-Induced Encapsulation of Core-philic Solutes by Block Copolymer Micelles in Compressible Solutions: Polystyrene and Polystyrene-block-polybutadiene in Near-Critical Propane. Macromolecules (2011), 44(13), 5392-5400

 

2010

217.      Green, J.; Tyrrell, Z.; Radosz, M.  Micellization of Poly(ethylene glycol )-block-Poly(caprolactone) in Compressible Near Critical Solvents.  Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2010) 114 (39) 16082-16086

216.      Fan, M.; Wang, J.; Ettema, R.; Northam, M.; Hansen, A.; Argyle, M.; Shen, Y.; Radosz, M., Application of Green Chemistry in Energy Production. Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2010) 114 (11) 3743-3743

215.      Jenczyk, J.; Makrocka-Rydzyk, M.; Wypycha, A.; Głowinkowski, S.; Jurga, S.; Radosz, M., The Phase Structure and Molecular Dynamics in Poly(styrene-b-isoprene) Diblock Copolymer. Journal of Non-crystalline Solids (2010) 356 (11-17) 582-588

214.      Shen, Y,; Jin, E.; Zhang, B.; Murphy, C.; Tang, J.; Sui, M.; Fan, M.; Tang, H.; Radosz, M.; Van Kirk, E.; Murdoch, W.  Prodrug lipid forming high drug loading multifunctional nanocapsules.  PMSE Preprint (2010)

213.      Shen, Y.; Zhou, Z.; Sui, M.; Tang, J.; Xu, P.; Van Kirk, E.; Murdoch, W.; Fan, M.; Radosz, M., Charge-reversal polyamidoamine dendrimer for cascade nuclear drug delivery, Nanomedicine (UK) (2010) 5 (8) 1205-1217

212.      Tang, H.; Murphy, C; Zhang, B.; Shen, Y.; Van Kirk, E.; Murdoch, W.; Radosz, M., Curcumin polymers as anticancer conjugates. Biomaterials (2010) 31 (27) 7139-7149

211.      Tyrrell, Z.; Shen, Y.; Radosz, M., Fabrication of micellar nanoparticles for drug delivery through the self-assembly of block copolymers.  Progress in Polymer Science (2010) 35 1128-1143.

 

2009

210.      Ma, X.; Tang, J.; Shen, Y.; Fan, M.; Tang, H.; Radosz, M., Facile Synthesis of Polyester Dendrimers via Brick and Mortar Assembly of Asymmetrical Monomers. Journal of the American Chemical Society (2009) 131(41) 14795-14803.

209.      Tang, H.; Radosz, M.; Shen, Y., Controlled/"Living" Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate. ACS Symposium Series (2009), 1023 (Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization: Progress in ATRP) 139-157.

208.      Tang, H.; Radosz, M.; Shen, Y., Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization and Block Copolymerization of Vinyl Acetate Mediated by Copper Halide/Terpyridine Catalysts. AIChE Journal (2009) 55(3) 737-746.

207.      Tang, J.; Shen, Y.; Radosz, M.; Sun, W., Isothermal Carbon Dioxide Sorption in Poly(ionic liquid)s. Ind. Chem. Res. (2009) 48(20) 9113-9118.

206.      Tyrrell, Z.; Winoto, W.; Shen, Y.; Radosz, M., Block Copolymer Micelles Formed in Supercritical Fluid Can Become Water-dispensable Nanoparticles: Poly(ethylene glycol)-block-Poly(ε-caprolactone) in Trifluoromethane. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. (2009) 48(4) 1928-1932.

205.      Winoto, W.; Radosz, M.; Hong, K.; Mays, J., Amorphous Polystyrene-block-Polybutadiene and Crystallizable Polystyrene-block-(Hydrogenated Polybutadiene) Solutions in Compressible Near Critical Propane and Propylene - Hydrogenation Effects. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids (2009) 355 1393-1399.

204.      Winoto, W.; Shen, Y.; Radosz, M.; Hong, K.; Mays, J., Deuteration Impact on Micellization Pressure and Cloud Pressure of Polystyrene-block-polybutadiene and Polystyrene-block-polyisoprene in Compressible Propane. J. Phys. Chem. (2009) 113(46) 15156-15161.

203.      Winoto, W.; Tan, S. P.; Shen, Y.; Radosz, M.; Hong, K.; Mays, J., High-Pressure Micellar Solutions of Polystyrene-block-Polybutadiene and Polystyrene-block-Polyisoprene Solutions in Propane Exhibit Cloud-Pressure Reduction and Distinct Micellization End Points. Macromolecules (2009) 42 3823-3826.

202.      Winoto, W.; Tan, S. P.; Shen, Y.; Radosz, M.; Hong, K.; Mays, J., High-Pressure Micellar Solutions of Symmetric and Asymmetric Styrene-Diene Diblocks in Compressible Near-Critical Solvents: Micellization Pressures and Cloud Pressures Respond but Micellar Cloud Pressures Insensitive To Copolymer Molecular Weight, Concentration, and Block Ratio Changes. Macromolecules (2009) 42(18) 7155-7163.

201.      Zhang, L.; Tang, H.; Tang, J.; Shen, Y.; Meng, L.; Radosz, M.; Arulsamy, N., Pentadentate Copper Halide Complexes Have Higher Catalytic Activity in Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Methyl Acrylate Than Hexadentate Complexes. Macromolecules (2009) 42(13) 4531-4538.

200.      Zhou, Z.; Shen, Y.; Tang, J.; Fan, M.; Van Kirk, E. A.; Murdoch, W. J.; Radosz, M., Charge-Reversal Drug Conjugate for Targeted Cancer Cell Nuclear Drug Delivery. Advanced Functional Materials (2009) 19(22) 3580-3589.

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