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Marc Hillymer

Professor of Chemistry
Office:
Phone: 612-625-7834
Email: hillmyer@chem.umn.edu
Departmental Page ¦ Group Website

Professional Preparation:

University of Florida, Chemistry, B.S., 1989
California Institute of Technology, Chemistry, Ph.D., 1994
University of Minnesota, Postdoctoral Research Associate, 1994-1997

Professional Appointments

Elmore H. Northey Professor, UMN, 2004-2007
Elmore H. Northey Associate Professor, UMN, 2004-2007
Associate Professor, Chemistry, UMN, 2002-2004
Assistant Professor, Chemistry, UMN, 1997-2002


Selected Publications

Li, Z.; Kesselmann, E.; Talmon, Y.; Hillmyer, M. A.; Lodge, T. P., "Multicompartment Micelles from ABC Triblock Copolymer Miktoarm Stars", Science, 306, 98-101 (2004)

Rzayev, J.; Hillmyer, M. A., "Nanochannel Array Plastics with Tailored Surface Chemistry", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 13373-13379 (2005)

Mao, H.; Hillmyer, M. A., "Macroscopic samples of polystyrene with ordered three-dimensional nanochannels" Soft Matter, 2, 57-59 (2006)

Guo, S.; Rzayev, J.; Bailey, T. S.; Zalusky, A. S.; Olayo-Valles, R.; Hillmyer, M. A., "Nanopore and nanobushing arrays from ABC triblock thin films containing two etchable blocks", Chem. Mater., 18, 1719-1721 (2006)

Li, Z.; Hillmyer, M. A.; Lodge, T. P., "Morphologies of Multicompartment Micelles Formed by ABC Miktoarm Star Terpolymers", Langmuir, 22, 9409-9417 (2006)

Other Selected Relevant Publications Zhang, C.; Hillmyer, M. A.; Tolman, W. B., "Catalytic Polymerization of a Cyclic Ester Derived from a "Cool" Natural Precursor", Biomacromolecules, 6, 2091-2095 (2005)

Mahanthappa, M. K.; Bates, F. S.; Hillmyer, M. A., "Synthesis of ABA Triblock Copolymers by a Tandem ROMP-RAFT Strategy", Macromolecules, 38, 7890-7894 (2005)

Zupancich, J. A.; Bates, F. S.; Hillmyer, M. A., "Aqueous Dispersions of Poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(γ-methyl-ε-caprolactone) Block Copolymers", Macromolecules, 39, 4286-4288 (2006)

Crossland, E. J. W.; Ludwigs, S.; Hillmyer, M. A.; Steiner, U., "Freestanding nanowire arrays from soft-etch block copolymer templates", Soft Matter, 1, 57-59 (2007)

Schreck, K. M.; Hillmyer, M. A., "Block copolymers and melt blends of polylactide with Nodax™ microbial polyesters: preparation and mechanical properties", J. Biotechnology, in press (2007)