Benjamin J. Wiley

Professor of Chemistry

In the Wiley Group, we make new nanomaterials by controlling the assembly of atoms in solution, and explore applications for nanomaterials in medicine, catalysis, plasmonics, and electronics. Our goal is to precisely control the size, shape, and composition of materials on the nanometer scale to explore how these parameters affect the fundamental properties of a material, and produce such nanomaterials economically so they can be applied to solve real-world problems.

Appointments and Affiliations

• Professor of Chemistry
• Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
• Faculty Network Member of The Energy Initiative

Contact Information

• Office Location: 2214 French Family Science Cen, Durham, NC 27708
• Office Phone: (919) 668-3066
• Email Address: benjamin.wiley@duke.edu
• Websites:
  • Wiley Research Lab

Education

• Ph.D. University of Washington, 2007
• B.S. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2003

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

• Highly Cited Researcher. Thomson Reuters. 2014
• Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program. National Science Foundation. 2013
• Colloid and Surface Science Division Poster Award. ACS. 2009
• Graduate Student Gold Award. MRS. 2009
• Iron Range Scholarship. University of Minnesota. 2009
• NSF- IGERT Graduate Fellowship. Unknown. 2009
• NSF-IGERT Early Bird Award in Nanotechnology. University of Washington. 2009
• Roon Award. Federation of Socities for Coatings Technology. 2009
• Runstad Fellowship. University of Washington. 2009
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Postdoctoral Fellows. NIH. 2008

Courses Taught

• CHEM 210D: Modern Applications of Chemical Principles
• CHEM 311: Physical Chemistry II
• CHEM 393: Research Independent Study
• CHEM 394: Research Independent Study
• CHEM 493: Research Independent Study
• CHEM 494: Research Independent Study
• ENERGY 395: Connections in Energy: Interdisciplinary Team Projects
• ENERGY 395T: Bass Connections Energy & Environment Research Team
• ENERGY 396-1: Connections in Energy: Interdisciplinary Team Projects
• ENERGY 396: Connections in Energy: Interdisciplinary Team Projects
• ENERGY 396T: Bass Connections Energy & Environment Research Team
• ENERGY 795: Connections in Energy: Interdisciplinary Team Projects
• ENERGY 795T: Bass Connections Energy & Environment Research Team
• ENERGY 796: Connections in Energy: Interdisciplinary Team Projects
• ENERGY 796T: Bass Connections Energy & Environment Research Team

In the News

• Stiff, Achy Knees? Lab-Made Cartilage Gel Outperforms the Real Thing (Aug 11, 2022)
• From the Lab, the First Cartilage-Mimicking Gel That’s Strong Enough for Knees (Jun 26, 2020)
• Flow-Through Electrodes Make Hydrogen 50 Times Faster (May 26, 2020)
• Duke Faculty Plentiful On ‘Highly Cited’ List (Nov 27, 2018)
• Stretchable, Twistable Wires for Wearable Electronics (Apr 3, 2018 | Duke Research Blog)
• 3-D Printers Open New Design Space for Wireless Devices (May 4, 2017 | Pratt School of Engineering)
• Energy Initiative Awards Seven New Seed Grants (Apr 28, 2017)
• 3-D-Printable Implants May Ease Damaged Knees (Apr 19, 2017)
• 'Spray-On' Memory Could Enable Bendable Digital Storage (Apr 3, 2017)
• Nanowire Inks Enable Paper-Based Printable Electronics (Jan 3, 2017)
• Copper Nanowires Now Match Performance of Leading Competitor (Mar 26, 2014 | Duke Research Blog)
• 1100 Words: Seeds of a Solar Cell (Mar 18, 2014)
• Copper Promises Cheaper, Sturdier Fuel Cells (Nov 22, 2013)

Representative Publications

• Zhao, J; Kirillova, A; Kelly, CN; Xu, H; Koshut, WJ; Yang, F; Gall, K; Wiley, BJ, High-Strength Hydrogel Attachment through Nanofibrous Reinforcement., Advanced Healthcare Materials, vol 10 no. 4 (2021) [10.1002/adhm.202001119] [abs].
• Cardenas, JA; Tsang, H; Tong, H; Abuzaid, H; Price, K; Cruz, MA; Wiley, BJ; Franklin, AD; Lazarus, N, Flash ablation metallization of conductive thermoplastics, Additive Manufacturing, vol 36 (2020) [10.1016/j.addma.2020.101409] [abs].
• Brown, M; Wiley, BJ, Bromide Causes Facet-Selective Atomic Addition in Gold Nanorod Syntheses, Chemistry of Materials, vol 32 no. 15 (2020), pp. 6410-6415 [10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01494] [abs].