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Dr. Maciej Radosz

Maciej Radosz, Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Room 4012, 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

Phone: 307.766.4926

Soft 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
  • University of Wyoming, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Professor and Department Head, 2000-2004

Specialization:

    Materials and biomaterials, polymers, separations, supercritical fluids, reservoir fluids, equations of state, carbon recovery.



Current Projects:

    Block and graft copolymers in supercritical solvents (bulk and microphase separations, dynamic light scattering, Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics simulations, NMR, SAXS, rheology) With H. Adidharma, Y. Shen, M. Banaszak (Macromolecular Physics, Poznan, Poland), funded by NSF

    Nano-structured and self assembling materials for drug delivery, artificial organs, catalysis and separations (synthesis, characterization, thermodynamics) With Y. Shen, funded by NSF

    Nanoparticle and ionic membranes and sorbents for CO2 separations (synthesis, polymer characterization, sorption experiments, membrane experiments) With Y. Shen, funded by EORI, proposed to DoE

    Characterization of CO2- and electrolyte-containing reservoir fluids (phase behavior, physical properties, including electrolyte and solid properties, slim-tube experiments, SAFT-CB modeling) With H. Adidharma, B. F. Towler, funded by EORI

    Non-thermal plasma processing of NOx-contaminated mixtures (conversion FTIR data, kinetic model, laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy, energy consumption) With S. F. Legowski, M. D. Argyle, O. A. Plumb, funded by NSF, U.S. Army

    Globular Protein Partitioning In Polymer-Salt Aqueous Two-Phase Systems: Protein Charge and Hydrophobicity Effects (genetically engineered model proteins, partitioning experiments, molecular modeling, SAFT approximations) With H. Adidharma, C. Zhang (Biological Systems, Virginia Tech), proposed to NSF



Work in Progress:
  • Blasig, A.; Tang, J.; Hu, X.; Shen, Y.; Radosz, M. "Magnetic Suspension Balance Study of Carbon Dioxide Solubility in Poly(ionic liquids): Poly(p-vinylbenzyltrimethyl ammonium trtrafluoroborate) and Poly([2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl] trimethyl ammonium tetrafluoroborate)" J. Polymer Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys., submitted.
  • Ding, S. Radosz, M.; Shen, Y. "Ionic Liquid Catalyst for Biphasic Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate" Macromolecules, accepted.
  • Doerr, H.; Luft, G.; Radosz, M. "The Influence of Inert Gases On the Phase Behavior of Poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate)/Vinyl Acetate/Ethylene Mixtures At High Pressures" Fluid Phase Equilibria, reviewed.
  • Hu, X.; Cong H.; Blasig, A.; Shen, Y.; Radosz, M. "CO2/N2 Separation Using Poly(2,4 dimethyl-1,6-phenylene Oxide) and Its Chemically Modified Membranes. J. Membr. Sci., documented.
  • Hu, X.; Tang J.; Blasig, A.; Shen, Y.; Radosz, M. "CO2 Permeability, Diffusivity and Solubility in Polyethylene Glycol Grafted Poly(ionic liquid) Membranes and Their CO2 Selectivity Relative to Methane and Nitrogen from Pure Gas Constant-Volume Variable-Pressure Experiments" J. Membr. Sci., submitted. (Hu63ionicPEG)
  • Kiselev, S.B.; Ely, J.F.; Tan, S.P.; Adidharma, H.; Radosz, M."HRX-SAFT Equation of State for Fluid Mixtures: Application to Binary Mixtures of Carbon Dioxide, Water, and Methanol" Being documented.
  • Tang, J.; Sun, W.; Tang, H.; Radosz, M.; Shen, Y. "Poly(ionic  liquid)s As  New Materials for CO2 Absorption" Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, submitted.
  • Tang, J.; Sun, W.; Tang, H.; Radosz, M.; Shen, Y. "Low Pressure CO2 Sorption in Ammonium Based Poly(ionic liquid)s" J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., documented
  • Tang, J.; Tang, H.; Sun, W.; Plancher, H.; Radosz, M.; Shen, Y.  "Poly(ionic liquid)s: A new material for fast and enhanced CO2 absorption" Chemical Communication, accepted.
  • Woloszczuk, S.; Banaszak, M.; Jurga, S.; Radosz, M. "Dynamic Properties of Block Copolymer Melts from Lattice Monte Carlo Simulation" Journal of Chemical Physics or Macromolecules, documented.
  • Xu, P.; Van Kirk, E.A.; Murdoch, W.J.; Li, S.; Ren, J.; Radosz, M.; Shen, Y. "Anticancer Efficacies of Cisplatin-Releasing Nanoparticles" Pharmaceutical Research, submitted.
  • Xu, P.; Van Kirk, E.A.; Murdoch, W.J.; Li, S.; Ren, J.; Radosz, M.; Shen, Y. "Core-surface crosslinked nanoparticles as drug delivery carrier" International Journal of Pharmacy, submitted.
  • Zhao, G.-B.; Argyle, M. D.; Radosz, M. "Charge Transfer Reactions Are Negligible in Nonthermal Plasma Reactions" Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., documented. (Zhao92Ar.doc)
  • Zhao, G.-B.; Argyle, M. D.; Radosz, M. "Effect of CO on Conversion of NO and N2O in Nonthermal Argon Plasma" Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., documented. (Zhao102ArNOx.doc)
  • Zhao, G.B.; Garikipati J.; Hu, X.; Argyle, M.D.; Radosz, M. "Effect of O2 on NO Conversion in a Pulsed Corona Discharge Reactor" AIChE J. accepted.
  • Zhao, G.B.; Garikipati, J.; Hu, X.; Argyle, M.D.; Radosz, M. "Effect of Reactor Configuration on NO Conversion in Non-thermal Plasma Reactors", AIChE J., accepted
  • Zhao, G.B.; Hu, X.; Argyle, M.D.; Radosz, M. "Effect of High Concentration of CO2 on NOX Conversion in a Pulsed Corona Discharge Reactor" Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, in print.
  • Zhao, G.B.; Hu, X.; Argyle, M.D.; Radosz, M. "Effect of Low Concentration of CO2 on NOX Conversion in a Pulsed Corona Discharge Reactor" Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, accepted.


2005:
  • Ding, S., M. Radosz, and Y. Shen, Ionic Liquid Catalyst for Biphasic Atom Transfer Radical Polyermization of Methyl Methacrylate. Macromolecules, 2005. 38(14): p. 5921-5928. (Ding Biphasic)
  • Ding, S., et al., Ionic liquid tethered catalyst for biphasic ATRP of MMA. Polymer Preprints, 2005. 46(2): p. 268-269. (Ding Tethered)
  • Ding, S., et al., Ionic liquid supported catalyst for ATRP of MMA. Polymer Preprints, 2005. 46(1): p. 669-670. (Ding Ionic)
  • Hu, X., et al., Effects of Synchronization of Laser Induced Fluorescence and Corona Induced Fluorescence in a Pulsed Corona Reactor. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2005. 33(4): p. 1332-1345. (Hu48 Sync)
  • Hu, X., et al., Laser-induced Fluorescence (LIF) Probe for In-situ Nitric Oxide Concentration Measurement in a Non-thermal Pulsed Corona Discharge Plasma Reactor. Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, 2005. 25(4): p. 351-370. (Hu33 LIF)
  • Hu, X., et al., Moisture Effect on NOx Conversion in a Nonthermal Plasma Reactor. Environment Engineering Science, 2005. 22(6): p. 854-869. (Hu53 Moisture)
  • Ji, X., et al., Statistical Associating Fluid Theory Coupled with Restricted Primitive Model to Represent Aqueous Strong Electrolytes: Multiple Salt Solutions. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2005. 44: p. 7584-7590. (Ji1 Electrolyte-Multiple Salt)
  • Ji, X., et al., The SAFT1-RPM Approximation Extended to Phase Equilibria and Densities of CO2-H2O and CO2-H2O-NaCl Systems. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2005. 44(22): p. 8419-8427. (Ji SAFT1-RPM)
  • Tan, S., H. Adidharma, and M. Radosz, Statistical Associating Fluid Theory Coupled with Restricted Primitive Model to Represent Aqueous Strong Electrolytes. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2005. 44: p. 4442-4452. (Tan86 SAFT1 2005)
  • Tan, S.P., et al., Friction Theory and Free-Volume Theory Coupled with Statistical Associating Fluid Theory for Estimating the Viscosity of Pure n-Alkanes. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2005. 44(22): p. 8409-8418. (Tan9 Friction)
  • Tang, H., et al., Synthesis and characterization of well-defined DNA base-containing blocok copolymer. Polymer Preprints, 2005. 46(1): p. 805-806. (HTang Synthesis blocok)
  • Tang, H., et al., Atom transfer radical polymerization of styrenic ionic liquid monomers and carbon dioxide absorption of the polymerized ionic liquids. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2005. 43(7): p. 1432-1443. (HTang 7 ATRP)
  • Tang, J., et al., Enhanced CO2 Absorption of Poly(ionic liquid)s. Macromolecules, 2005. 38(6): p. 2037-2039. (Jianbin10 Enhanced)
  • Tang, J., et al., Poly(ionic liquid)s: a new material with enhanced and fast CO2 absorption. Chemical Communications, 2005. 26: p. 3325-3327. (Jianbin20 Poly)
  • Tang, J., et al., Poly(ionic liquid)s: novel materials for CO2 absorption. Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Preprints, 2005. 92: p. 681-682. (Jianbin 51 Poly)
  • Tang, J., et al., Carbon dioxide absorption of poly(ionic liquid)s with different ionic structures. Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Preprints, 2005. 93: p. 1006-1007. (Jianbin70 CO2)
  • Tang, J., et al., CO2 absorption of polymers of ammonium-based ionic liquid monomers. Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Preprints, 2005. 92(56-57). (Jianbin CO2 Absorp)
  • Xu, P., et al., Modified polymers as safe and efficient gene delivery carriers. Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry), 2005. 46(2): p. 681-682. (Xu Modified)
  • Xu, P., et al., Biodegradable cationic polymers as efficient gene delivery carriers. Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering Preprints, 2005. 92: p. 649-650. (Xu Biodegrad)
  • Zhao, G.B., et al., Effect of Reactor Configuration on Nitric Oxide Conversion in Nitrogen Plasma. American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal, 2005. 51(6): p. 1813-1821. (Zhao45 Nitro Plasma)
  • Zhao, G.B., et al., Effect of Gas Pressure on NO Conversion and Energy Efficiency in Nonthermal Nitrogen Plasma. Chemical Engineering Science, 2005. 60(7): p. 1927-1937. (Zhao54 Efficiency)
  • Zhao, G.B., et al., Effect of Oxygen on Nonthermal Plasma Reactions of Nitrogen Oxides in Nitrogen. American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal, 2005. 51(6): p. 1800-1812. (Zhao6602 Oxygen)
  • Zhao, G.B., et al., Effect of CO2 on Nonthermal-Plasma Reactions of Nitrogen Oxides in N2. 1. PPM-Level Concentrations. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2005. 44: p. 3925-3934. (Zhao78 CO2 pt1)
  • Zhao, G.B., et al., Effect of CO2 on Nonthermal-Plasma Reactions of Nitrogen Oxides in N2. 2. Percent -Level Concentrations. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2005. 44: p. 3935-3946. (Zhao86 CO2 pt 2)


2004:
  • Adidharma, H. and M. Radosz, The LJ-Solid Equation of State Extended to Thermal Properties, Chain Molecules, and Mixtures. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2004. 43: p. 6890-6897. (Adidharma10 LJ-Solid)
  • Ding, S., M. Radosz, and Y. Shen, A new tetradentate ligand for atom transfer radical polymerization. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2004. 42: p. 3553-3562. (Ding Tetradentate)
  • Ding, S., M. Radosz, and Y. Shen, Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of N,N-Dimethylacrylamide. Macromolecular Rapid Communication, 2004. 25: p. 632-636. (Ding Transfer1)
  • Ding, S., et al., Atom transfer radical polymerization of ionic liquid 2-(1-butylimidazolium-3-yl)ethyl methacrylate tetrafluoroborate. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2004. 42: p. 5794-5801. (Ding BMT)
  • Ding, S., et al., Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate by Reversibly Supported Catalysts on Silica Gel via Self Assembly. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2004. 1: p. 22-30. (Ding Methyl)
  • Hu, X., et al., Nonthermal-Plasma Reactions of Dilute Nitrogen Oxide Mixtures: NOx-in-Argon and CO+NOx-in-Argon. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2004. 43: p. 7456-7464. (Hu28 Dilute)
  • Shen, Y., S. Ding, and M. Radosz, Reversibly supported catalysts on silica gel for atom transfer radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate. Polymer Preprints, 2004. 45(1): p. 772-773. (Shen Reversibly)
  • Shen, Y., S. Ding, and M. Radosz, A Tetradentate Ligand Forming Highly Active Catalysts for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization. Polymer Preprints, 2004. 45(1): p. 776-777. (Shen Tetradentate)
  • Shen, Y., H. Tang, and S. Ding, Catalyst seperation in atom transfer radical polymerization. Progress in Polymer Science, 2004. 29: p. 1053-1078. (Shen Catalyst)
  • Tan, S.P., H. Adidharma, and M. Radosz, Generalized Procedure for Estimating the Fractions of Nonbonded Associating Molecules and Their Derivatives in Thermodynamic Pertubation Theory. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2004. 43: p. 203-208. (Tan65 Generalized)
  • Tan, S.P., et al., Cloud Points for Polystyrene in Propane and Poly(4-methyl styrene) in Propane. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2004. 226: p. 189-194. (Tan79 Cloud Points)
  • Tan, S.P. and M. Radosz, Gibbs Topological Analysis for Estimating Phase Equilibrium Tie Lines. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2004. 216: p. 159-165. (Tan5 Gibbs 2004)
  • Tang, H., et al., Synthesis of well-defined DNA base-containing polymer by ATRP. Polymer Preprints, 2004. 45(2): p. 649-650. (HTang Synthesis ATRP)
  • Tang, H., M. Radosz, and Y. Shen, Atom transfer radical polymerization of imidzolium ionic liquid. Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 2004. 91: p. 820-821. (HTang Imidzolium)
  • Tang, J., et al., Copolymerization of ionic liquid monomers with styrene and methyl methacrylate. Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 2004. 91: p. 773-774. (Jianbin61 Copoly)
  • Woloszczuk, S., et al., Low-temperature Ordering Effects in Diblock Copolymer Melts from Lattice Simulation. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2004. 21(23): p. 12044-12049. (Woloszczuk13 Low Temp)
  • Woloszczuk, S., M. Banaszak, and M. Radosz, Low-temperature Extra Ordering Effects in Symmetric Block Copolymers from Lattice Monte Carlo Simulation. Computational Methods in Science and Technology, 2004. 10(2): p. 219-228. (Woloszczuk Low Temp Extra)
  • Xu, P., M. Radosz, and Y. Shen, Novel Synthesis of PCL-PEG Brush Copolymer by Free Radical Polymerization and ATRP and Micelle Preparation. Polymer Preprints, 2004. 45(1): p. 731-732. (Xu Novel)
  • Xu, P., M. Radosz, and Y. Shen, Pseudo-"living" free radical copolymerization of methacrylic macromonomers. Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 2004. 91: p. 525-526. (Xu Pseudo)
  • Xu, P., et al., Enhanced stability of core-surface cross-linked micelles fabricated from amphiphilic brush copolymers. Biomacromolecules, 2004. 5(5): p. 1736-1744. (Xu Enhanced Stability)
  • Xu, P., et al., Enhanced anticancer activity of core-surface-crosslinked nanoparticles. Polymer Preprints, 2004. 45(2): p. 388-389. (Xu Enhanced Anti)
  • Yang, J., et al., Reversible Catalyst Supporting via Hydrogen Bonding-mediated Self Assembly for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of MMA. Macromolecules, 2004. 37(5): p. 1728-1734. (Yang Reversible)
  • Yang, J., et al., Synthesis of 1-(4-vinylbenzyl)thymine and its polymerization by RAFT and ATRP techniques. Polymer Preprints, 2004. 45(1): p. 1061-1062. (Yang Synthesis)
  • Zhao, G.B., et al., N Atom Radicals and N2(A3Σu+) Found to be Responsible for Nitrogen Oxides Conversion in Non-thermal Nitrogen Plasma. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2004. 43(17): p. 5077-5088. (Zhao18 Radicals)
  • Zhao, G.B., et al., Energy Consumption and Optimal Reactor Configuration for Nonthermal Plasma Conversion of N2O in Nitrogen and N2O in Argon. Energy and Fuels, 2004. 18(5): p. 1522-1530. (Zhao35 Consumption)
  • Zhao, G.B., et al., Nonthermal-Plasma Reactions of Dilute Nitrogen Oxide Mixtures: NOx-in-Nitrogen. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2004. 43(10): p. 2315-2323. (Zhao25 Dilute)
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