Maciej Radosz

Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Room 3022, 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 Laboratory

• 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

• 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)

2012

228.        Sun, Q.; Radosz, M; Shen, Y., Challenges in Design of Translational Nanocarriers (Invited Review). Journal of Controlled Release, 2012, 164, 156-169.

227.        Dutcher, B.; Krutkramelis, K.; Adidharma, H.; Radosz, M., Carbon Filter Process for Flue-Gas Carbon Capture on Carbonaceous Sorbents: Field Tests of Steam-Aided Vacuum Swing Adsorption.  Energy & Fuels (2012), 26(4), 2539-2545

226.        Tyrrell, Z.; Shen, Y.; Radosz, M., Multilayered Nanoparticles for Controlled Release of Paclitaxel Formed by Near-Critical Micellization of Triblock Copolymers. Macromolecules (2012), 45(11), 4809-4817

2011

225.        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

224.        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

223.        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, pp 157-245. 

222.        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

221.        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) No pp. given

220.        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

219.        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

218.        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

217.        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

216.        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

215.        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)

214.        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

213.        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

212.        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

211.        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.

210.        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.

209.        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.

208.        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.

207.        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.

206.        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.

205.        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.

204.        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.

203.        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.

202.        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.

201.        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.