Background
Director of NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) and National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/U CRC) in Coatings. M.S., Chemistry, 1981, Marquette University, WI; Ph.D., Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 1984, Michigan Technological University, MI, Postdoctoral Department of Macromolecular Science, 1984-86, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Research Areas
Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Coatings; Surface/Interfacial Interactions in Organic Coatings and Film Formation; Stratification Processes in Polymeric Films; Film Formation in Organic Coatings; Nondestructive Characterization Methods; IR Imaging and Photoacoustics, Attenuated Total Reflectance, FT-IR Spectroscopy; Infrared and Raman Imaging; Molecular level Adhesion; Behavior of Small Molecules in Polymer Networks; Spectroscopy and Nonequilibrium;
Representative Publications, Patents
Publications:
M.W. Urban, Ed., Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Films and Coatings, ACS Symposium Series #912, Oxford University Press and American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 2005.
D. J. Lestage, W. R. Dreher, and M. W. Urban, "Stimuli-Responsive Behavior of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS) and Sodium Dioctyl Sulfosuccinate (SDOSS) During Coalescence of Colloidal Particles", Ed. M.W. Urban, Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Films and Coatings, ACS Symposium Series #912, Oxford University Press and American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 2005.
D. J. Lestage and M.W. Urban, "Non-Spherical Colloidal Particles and Their Stimuli-Responsive Film Formation", Ed. S. Minko, Blackwell Publishing, 2005.
A.M.Urban and M.W. Urban, "Stimuli-Responsive Stimuli-Responsive Macromolecules and Polymeric Coatings", Ed. M.W. Urban, Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Films and Coatings, ACS Symposium Series #912, Oxford University Press and American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 2005.
P. He and M.W.Urban, "Controlled Phospholipid Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes," Biomacromolecules, 2005, 6, 2455.
W.-S. Bae. M. Proija, S. Heinhorst, and M.W. Urban, "Stabilization of Colloidal Dispersions by Sugars and Their Controllable Release to Form Biocompatible Polymeric Films", Biomacromolecules, 2005, 6, 2615.
D.B. Otts, E. Heidenreich, and M.W. Urban, "Novel Waterborne UV-Crosslinkable Thiol-Ene Polyurethane Dispersions; Synthesis and Film Formation", Polymer, 2005, 46, 8162.
D.J. Lestage and M.W. Urban, "Cocklebur-Shape Colloidal Dispersions", Langmuir, 2005, in press.
D. Otts, Luis A. Cueva-Parra, R. Pandey, and M.W. Urban, "Film Formation from Aqueous Polyurethane Dispersions of Reactive Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Components; Spectroscopic Studies and Monte Carlo Simulations", Langmuir, 2005, 21, 4034.
P.He and M.W. Urban, Biomacromolecules, "Phospholipid-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles", Biomacromolecules, 2005, 6, 1224.
D.J. Lestage and M.W. Urban, "Stimuli-Responsive Surfactant/Phospholipid Stabilized Colloidal Dispersions and Their Film Formation", Biomacromolecules, 2005, 6, 1561.
W.R. Dreher and M.W. Urban, "The Effect of Perfluoroalkyl Chain Length on Synthesis and Film Formation of Fluorine-Containing Colloidal Dispersions", Macromolecules, 2005, 38, 4666.
D.J. Lestage and M.W. Urban, "Hollow Colloidal Particles Obtained by Nano-Extrusion in the Presence of Phospholipids", Langmuir, 2005, 21. 4266.
D.J. Lestage and M.W. Urban, "Release and Formation of Surface Localized Clusters (SLICs) into Phospholipids Rafts from Colloidal Solutions during Coalescence", Langmuir, 2005, 21, 2150.
D. Otts and M.W. Urban, "Heterogeneous Crosslinking of Waterborne Two-Component Polyurethanes (WB 2K-PUR); Stratification Processes and the Role of Water", Polymer, 2005, 46, 2699.
D. Otts K. Pereire, W. L. Jarrett, and M.W. Urban, "Dynamic Colloidal Processes in Waterborne Two-Component Polyurethanes and their Effects on Solution and Film Morphology", Polymer, 2005, 46, 4776.
W.R.Dreher and M.W. Urban, "Stable Non-Spherical Fluorine-Containing Colloidal Dispersions; Synthesis and Film Formation", Macromolecules, 2005, 38, 2205. |
