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M. W. Urban, “Dynamic materials: The chemistry of self-healing,” Nature Chemistry, 2012, 4, 80-82. .
Shintaro Kawano and M. W. Urban, “Expandable Temperature-Responsive Polymeric Nanotubes,” ACS Macro Lett., 2012, 1 (1), 232–235 .
D. Ramachandran, F. Liu and M. W. Urban, “Self-repairable copolymers that change color,” RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 135-143. .
B.Ghosh, K.V. Chellappan, M.W.Urban, “Self-Healing Inside a Scratch of Oxetane- Substituted Chitosan-Polyuretheane (OXE-CHI-PUR) Networks,” J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 4473-14486. .
N. Aumuswan, Sang-Ho Ye, W.R. Wagner and M.W. Urban, “Covalent Attachment of Multilayers on Poly(tetrafluoroethylene) Surfaces,” Langmuir, 2011, 27 (17), 11106–11110. .
Marek W. Urban, Editor; Handbook of Stimuli-Responsive Materials, Wiley Interscience, April 2011 (ISBN: 978-3-527-32700-3).
D. Ramachandran, M.W. Urban “Sensing Macromolecular Rearrangements in Polymer Networks by Photochromic Crosslinkers,” Invited Article to a Special Issue on Mechano-Responsive Polymers; J. Mat. Chem., 2011, 21, 8300-8308.
F.Liu, M.W.Urban, “Synergistic Temperature and pH Effects on Stimuli-Responsive Transitions in poly(N-Acryloyl-N’-Propylpirerazine-co-2-Ethoxyethyl Methacrylate) Copolymers” Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 963-969.
C. C. Corten, M. W. Urban, "Shape Evolution Control of Phase-separated Colloidal Nanoparticles" Polym. Chem., 2011, 2, 244-250.
F. Liu, D. Ramachandran, M. W. Urban,"Colloidal Films That Mimic Cilia" Adv. Funct. Mater., 2010, 20(18), 3163–3167.
F. Liu, W. L. Jarrett, M. W. Urban, “Glass (Tg) and Stimuli-Responsive (Tsr) Transitions in Random Copolymers” Macromolecules, 2010, 43(12), 5330–5337.
J. Kamada, K. Koynov, C. Corten, A. Juhari, J. A. Yoon, M. W. Urban, A. C. Balazs, K. Matyjaszewski, “Redox Responsive Behavior of Thiol/Disulfide-Functionalized Star Polymers Synthesized via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization” Macromolecules, 2010, 43(9), 4133–4139.
M. Yu, J. Howe, K. Jeong, I. Shim, W. Kim, C. Kim, J. Ahn, J. Lee, M. W. Urban, “Structural and Morphological Features of Concentric Iron Oxide/Carbon Nanotubes Obtained from Phospholipids” J. Mater. Chem., 2010, 20(27), 5748–5755.
M.W. Urban, “Stimuli-Responsive Polymers” McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology 2010 p.362-365, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2010.
Special Issue on Stimuli-Responsive Polymers; Prog. Pol. Sci., Guest Editor: M.W. Urban.
M. A. C. Stuart, W. T. S. Huck, J. Genzer, M. Müller, C. Ober, M. Stamm, G. B. Sukhorukov, I. Szleifer, V. V. Tsukruk, M. W. Urban, F. Winnik, S. Zauscher, I. Luzinov, S. Minko, "Emerging applications of stimuli-responsive polymer materials" Nature Materials, 2010, 9(2), 101-113.
M. W. Urban, "Guest Editorial" Prog. Pol. Sci., 2010, 35(1-2), 1-2.
F. Liu, M. W. Urban, "Recent Advances and Challenges in Designing Stimuli-Responsive Polymers" Progress in Polymer Science, 2010, 35(1-2), 3-23.
M. Yu, M. W. Urban, "Polymeric Surfaces with Anticoagulant, Antifouling, and Antimicrobial Attributes" Macromolecular Symposia, 2009, 283-284(1), 311-318.
C. C. Corten, M. W. Urban, “Repairing Polymers Using Oscillating Magnetic Field” Advanced Materials, 2009, 21(48), 5011-5015.
J. W. Bartels, P. L. Billings, B. Ghosh, M. W. Urban, C. M. Greenlief, K. L. Wooley, "Amphiphilic Cross-Linked Networks Produced from the Vulcanization of Nanodomains within Thin Films of Poly(N-vinylpyrrolidinone)-b-Poly(isoprene)" Langmuir, 2009, 26(16), 9535–9544.
A. Misra, M. W. Urban, ”Acorn-Shape Polymeric Nano-Colloids: Synthesis and Self-Assembled Films” Macrom. Rapid Comm. 2009, 31(2),119-127.
A. Misra, M. W. Urban, “Evironmentally Compliant Fluoro-Containing MMA/nBA Colloidal Dispersions; Synthesis, Molecular Modeling, and Coalescence” Macromolecules, 2009, 42 (20), 7828–7835.
A. Misra, W. L. Jarrett, M. W. Urban, “New Poly(methyl methacrylate)/n-Butyl Acrylate/Pentafluorostyrene/Poly(ethylene glycol) (p-MMA/nBA/PFS/PEG) Colloidal Dispersions: Synthesis, Film Formation, and Protein Adsorption” Macromolecules, 2009, 42 (19), 7299–7308.
M. W. Urban, "Stratification, Stimuli-Responsiveness, Self-healing, and Signaling in Polymer Networks." Prog. Polym. Sci., 2009, 34(8), 679-687.
B. Ghosh, M. W.Urban, " Self-Repairing Oxetane-Substituted Chitosan Polyurethane Networks." Science, 2009, 323(5920), 1458-1460.
F. Liu, M. W. Urban, "New Thermal Transitions in Stimuli-Responsive Copolymer Films" Macromolecules, 2009, 42(6), 2161-2167.
N. Aumsuwan, M. S McConnell, M. W. Urban, "Tunable Antimicrobial Polypropylene Surfaces: Simultaneous Attachment of Penicillin (Gram +) and Gentamicin (Gram -)" Biomacromolecules, 2009, 10(3), 623-629.
N.Aumsuwan, M.W. Urban, "Reversible Releasing of Arms from Star Morphology Polymers" Polymer, 2009, 50(1), 33-36.
K. L. Rhudy, S. Su, H. R. Howell, M. W. Urban, “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.
F. Liu, M. W. Urban, “3D Directional Temperature Responsive (N-(DL)-(1-Hydroxymethyl) Propylmethacrylamide-co-n-Butyl Acrylate) Colloids and Their Coalescence” Macromolecules, 2008, 41(2), 352-360.
N. Aumsuwan, R. C. Danyus, S. Heinhorst, M. W Urban, “Attachment of Ampicillin to Expanded Poly(tetrafluoroethylene): Surface Reactions Leading to Inhibition of Microbial Growth. Biomacromolecules, 2008, 9(7), 1712-1718.
M. Yu, M. W. Urban, Y. Sheng, J. Leszczynski, “Molecular Recognition at Methyl Methacrylate/n-Butyl Acrylate (MMA/nBA) Moanomer Unit Boundaries of Phospholipids at p-MMA/nBA Copolymer Surfaces” Langmuir, 2008, 24(18), 10382-10389.
F. Liu, M. W. Urban, “Dual Temperature and pH Responsiveness of Poly(2-(N,N-dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate-co-n-butyl acrylate) Colloidal Dispersions and Their Films” Macromolecules, 2008, 41 (17), 6531–6539.
M. Yu, M. W. Urban, Formation of Concentric Ferromagnetic Nanotubes from Biologically Active Phospholipids. J. Mater. Chem., 2007, 17(44), 4644-4646.
A. Misra, W. L. Jarrett, M. W. Urban "Fluoromethacrylate-Containing Colloidal Dispersions: Phospholipid-Assisted Synthesis, Particle Morphology, and Temperature-Responsive Stratification” Macromolecules, 2007, 40 (17), 6190–6198
N. Aumsuwan, S. Heinhorst, M. W. Urban, “The Effectiveness of Antibiotic Activity of Penicillin Attached to Expanded Poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (ePTFE) Surfaces: A Quantitative Assessment” Biomacromolecules, 2007, 8 (11), 3525–3530.
W.-S. Bae, A. J. Convertine, C. L. McCormick, M. W. Urban, “Effect of Sequential Layer-by-Layer Surface Modifications on the Surface Energy of Plasma-Modified Poly(dimethylsiloxane)” Langmuir, 2007, 23 (2), 667–672.
N. Aumsuwan, S. Heinhorst, and M.W. Urban, "Antibacterial Surfaces on Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE); Penicillin Attachment," Biomacromolecules, 2007, 8, 713-718.