USM School of Polymers and High Performance Materials

Marek W. Urban

Director and Professor
School of Polymers and High Performance Materials
Polymer Science Building,Room 185
118 College Drive #10076
Hattiesburg,MS 39406-0001
Phone:(601)-266-6454
Fax:(601)-266-6178
Email: Marek.Urban@usm.edu
Research Group Web Page

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;

Recent Publications & Patents

Publications

1. Urban, M. W., Stratification, stimuli-responsiveness, self-healing, and signaling in polymer networks. Progress in Polymer Science 2009, 34, (8), 679-687.

2. Liu, F.; Urban, M. W., New Thermal Transitions in Stimuli-Responsive Copolymer Films. Macromolecules (Washington, DC, United States) 2009, 42, (6), 2161-2167.

3. Ghosh, B.; Urban, M. W., Self-Repairing Oxetane-Substituted Chitosan Polyurethane Networks. Science (Washington, DC, United States) 2009, 323, (5920), 1458-1460.

4. Aumsuwan, N.; Urban, M. W., Reversible releasing of arms from star morphology polymers. Polymer 2009, 50, (1), 33-36.

5. Aumsuwan, N.; McConnell, M. S.; Urban, M. W., Tunable Antimicrobial Polypropylene Surfaces: Simultaneous Attachment of Penicillin (Gram +) and Gentamicin (Gram -). Biomacromolecules 2009, 10, (3), 623-629.

6. Yu, M.; Urban, M. W.; Sheng, Y.; Leszczynski, J., Molecular Recognition at Methyl Methacrylate/n-Butyl Acrylate (MMA/nBA) Monomer Unit Boundaries of Phospholipids at p-MMA/nBA Copolymer Surfaces. Langmuir 2008, 24, (18), 10382-10389.

7. Rhudy, K. L.; Su, S.; Howell, H. R.; Urban, M. W., Self-Stratified Films Obtained from Poly(methyl methacrylate/n-butyl acrylate) Colloidal Dispersions Containing Poly(vinyl alcohol): A Spectroscopic Study. Langmuir 2008, 24, (5), 1808-1813.

8. Liu, F.; Urban, M. W., 3D Directional Temperature Responsive (N-(DL)-(1-Hydroxymethyl) Propylmethacrylamide-co-n-butyl Acrylate) Colloids and Their Coalescence. Macromolecules (Washington, DC, United States) 2008, 41, (2), 352-360.

9. Liu, F.; Urban, M. W., Dual Temperature and pH Responsiveness of Poly(2-(N,N-dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate-co-n-butyl acrylate) Colloidal Dispersions and Their Films. Macromolecules (Washington, DC, United States) 2008, 41, (17), 6531-6539.

10. Aumsuwan, N.; Danyus, R. C.; Heinhorst, S.; Urban, M. W., Attachment of Ampicillin to Expanded Poly(tetrafluoroethylene): Surface Reactions Leading to Inhibition of Microbial Growth. Biomacromolecules 2008, 9, (7), 1712-1718.

11. Yu, M.; Urban, M. W., Formation of concentric ferromagnetic nanotubes from biologically active phospholipids. Journal of Materials Chemistry 2007, 17, (44), 4644-4646.

12. Winnik, F. M.; Whitten, D. G.; Urban, M. W.; Lopez, G., Stimuli-Responsive Materials: Polymers, Colloids, and Multicomponent Systems. Langmuir 2007, 23, (1), 1-2.

13. Misra, A.; Jarrett, W. L.; Urban, M. W., Fluoromethacrylate-Containing Colloidal Dispersions: Phospholipid-Assisted Synthesis, Particle Morphology, and Temperature-Responsive Stratification. Macromolecules (Washington, DC, United States) 2007, 40, (17), 6190-6198.

14. Bae, W.-S.; Convertine, A. J.; McCormick, C. L.; Urban, M. W., Effect of Sequential Layer-by-Layer Surface Modifications on the Surface Energy of Plasma-Modified Poly(dimethylsiloxane). Langmuir 2007, 23, (2), 667-672.

15. Aumsuwan, N.; Heinhorst, S.; Urban, M. W., Antibacterial surfaces on expanded polytetrafluoroethylene: penicillin attachment. Biomacromolecules 2007, 8, (2), 713-718.

16. Aumsuwan, N.; Heinhorst, S.; Urban, M. W., The Effectiveness of Antibiotic Activity of Penicillin Attached to Expanded Poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (ePTFE) Surfaces: A Quantitative Assessment. Biomacromolecules 2007, 8, (11), 3525-3530.

17. Urban, M. W.; Lestage, D., Colloidal particle morphology and film formation, the role of bio-active components on stimuli-responsive behavior. Polymer Reviews (Philadelphia, PA, United States) 2006, 46, (4), 445-466.

18. Urban, M. W., Intelligent polymeric coatings, current and future advances. Polymer Reviews (Philadelphia, PA, United States) 2006, 46, (4), 329-339.

19. Urban, M. W., Recent advances in film formation from colloidal particles: synthesis of non-spherical colloidal shapes with stimuli-responsive characteristics. ACS Symposium Series 2006, 941, (Film Formation), 105-122, 5 plates.

20. Singh, A.; Dreher, W. R.; Urban, M. W., Phospholipid-Assisted Synthesis of Stable F-Containing Colloidal Particles and Their Film Formation. Langmuir 2006, 22, (2), 524-527.

21. Lestage, D. J.; Urban, M. W., Nonspherical colloidal particles and their stimuli-responsive film formation. Responsive Polymer Materials 2006, 168-183.

22. Bae, W.-S.; Urban, M. W., Lectin-Recognizable Colloidal Dispersions Stabilized by n-Dodecyl Î²-D-Maltoside: Particle-Particle and Particle-Surface Interactions. Biomacromolecules 2006, 7, (4), 1156-1161.

23. Bae, W.-S.; Urban, M. W., Creating Patterned Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Surfaces with Amoxicillin and Poly(ethylene glycol). Langmuir 2006, 22, (24), 10277-10283.

24. Urban, M. W., Preface. ACS Symposium Series 2005, 912, (Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Films and Coatings), ix-x.

25. Urban, A. M.; Urban, M. W., Stimuli-responsive macromolecules and polymeric coatings. ACS Symposium Series 2005, 912, (Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Films and Coatings), 1-25.

26. Otts, D. B.; Urban, M. W., Heterogeneous crosslinking of waterborne two-component polyurethanes (WB 2K-PUR); stratification processes and the role of water. Polymer 2005, 46, (8), 2699-2709.

27. Otts, D. B.; Pereira, K. J.; Jarret, W. L.; Urban, M. W., Dynamic colloidal processes in waterborne two-component polyurethanes and their effects on solution and film morphology. Polymer 2005, 46, (13), 4776-4788.

28. Otts, D. B.; Heidenreich, E.; Urban, M. W., Novel waterborne UV-crosslinkable thiol-ene polyurethane dispersions: synthesis and film formation. Polymer 2005, 46, (19), 8162-8168.

29. Otts, D. B.; Cueva-Parra, L. A.; Pandey, R. B.; Urban, M. W., Film Formation from Aqueous Polyurethane Dispersions of Reactive Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Components; Spectroscopic Studies and Monte Carlo Simulations. Langmuir 2005, 21, (9), 4034-4042.

30. Lestage, D. J.; Urban, M. W., Release and Formation of Surface-Localized Ionic Clusters (SLICs) into Phospholipid Rafts from Colloidal Solutions during Coalescence. Langmuir 2005, 21, (6), 2150-2157.

31. Lestage, D. J.; Urban, M. W., Hollow Colloidal Particles Obtained by Nano-Extrusion in the Presence of Phospholipids. Langmuir 2005, 21, (10), 4266-4267.

32. Lestage, D. J.; Urban, M. W., Stimuli-Responsive Surface Localized Ionic Cluster (SLICs) Formation from Nonspherical Colloidal Particles. Langmuir 2005, 21, (15), 6753-6761.

33. Lestage, D. J.; Urban, M. W., Cocklebur-Shaped Colloidal Dispersions. Langmuir 2005, 21, (23), 10253-10255.

34. Lestage, D. J.; Dreher, W. R.; Urban, M. W., Stimuli-responsive behavior of sodium dodecyl sulfate and sodium dioctyl sulfosuccinate during coalescence of colloidal particles. ACS Symposium Series 2005, 912, (Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Films and Coatings), 122-136.

35. He, P.; Urban, M. W., Phospholipid-Stabilized Au-Nanoparticles. Biomacromolecules 2005, 6, (3), 1224-1225.

36. He, P.; Urban, M. W., Controlled Phospholipid Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Biomacromolecules 2005, 6, (5), 2455-2457.

37. Dreher, W. R.; Singh, A.; Urban, M. W., Effect of Perfluoroalkyl Chain Length on Synthesis and Film Formation of Fluorine-Containing Colloidal Dispersions. Macromolecules 2005, 38, (11), 4666-4672.

38. Dreher, W. R.; Jarrett, W. L.; Urban, M. W., Stable Nonspherical Fluorine-Containing Colloidal Dispersions: Synthesis and Film Formation. Macromolecules 2005, 38, (6), 2205-2212.

39. Bae, W.-S.; Lestage, D. J.; Proia, M.; Heinhorst, S.; Urban, M. W., Film formation from colloidal dispersions stabilized by sugar derivatives and their controllable release for selective protein adsorption. Biomacromolecules 2005, 6, (5), 2615-2621.

40. Zhang, P.; Urban, M. W., Photoacoustic FT-IR Depth Imaging of Polymeric Surfaces: Overcoming IR Diffraction Limits. Langmuir 2004, 20, (24), 10691-10699.

41. Pandey, R. B.; Urban, M. W., Surface Phase Partitioning in Film Formation of Waterborne Polyurethanes: Monte Carlo Simulations and Internal-Reflectance IR Imaging. Langmuir 2004, 20, (7), 2970-2974.

42. Otts, D. B.; Dutta, S.; Zhang, P.; Smith, O. W.; Thames, S. F.; Urban, M. W., Synthesis and phase separation during film formation of novel methyl methacrylate/n-butyl acrylate/methacrylic acid (MMA/BA/MAA) hybrid urethane/acrylate colloidal dispersions. Polymer 2004, 45, (18), 6235-6243.

43. Lestage, D. J.; Urban, M. W., Particle Morphology as a Control of Permeation in Polymer Films Obtained from MMA/nBA Colloidal Dispersions. Langmuir 2004, 20, (15), 6443-6449.

44. Lestage, D. J.; Schleis, D. J.; Urban, M. W., Stimuli-Responsive Surface Crystallization of Phospholipids from Bimodal Colloidal Particles. Langmuir 2004, 20, (17), 7027-7035.

45. Dreher, W. R.; Urban, M. W., Surface Self-Assembly of Fluorosurfactants during Film Formation of MMA/nBA Colloidal Dispersions. Langmuir 2004, 20, (24), 10455-10463.

46. Bae, W.-S.; Urban, M. W., Reactions of Antimicrobial Species to Imidazole-Microwave Plasma Reacted Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Surfaces. Langmuir 2004, 20, (19), 8372-8378.

Patents

Urban, M. W.; Aumsuwan, N. Method of attaching drug compounds to non-reactive polymer surfaces. 2008-69726 2008207535, 20080212, 2008.

Urban, M. W.; Otts, D. Waterborne UV-crosslinkable thiol-ene polyurethane dispersions, urethane prepolymer, films, and their preparation. 2006-479188 2007021554, 20060630, 2007.