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Duke–Industry Materials Connect: 2025 Kickoff Event Brings Together Regional Industry and Duke Materials Science

The Duke Materials Initiative and the Duke Critical Minerals Hub, in conjunction with Duke’s Office for External Partnerships, hosted the inaugural Duke-Industry Materials Connect event, an afternoon focused on collaboration, innovation, and networking across the broad space of Materials Science…

7/7/25 Science Advances

Duke Research Recognized in Science Advances

Authors: Jiannan Gao, Hooman Barati Sedeh, Dmitrii Tsvetkov, Danilo Gomes Pires, Maria Antonietta Vincenti, Yun Xu, Ivan Kravchenko, Renee George, Michael Scalora, Liang Feng, Natalia M. Litchinitser

6/24/25 APS Physical Review Journals

Materials Paper Selected as an Editors’ Suggestion by Physical Review E (PRE)

Authored by Octavio Albarrán, Renata Garcés, Giacomo Po, Christoph F. Schmidt, and Jeff D. Eldredge

1/6/25 Duke Engineering

Liquid-Like Molecular Dynamics Power Solid Battery Materials

Unusual atomic vibrations in a crystalline structure explain potential solid-state battery material’s superionic transport abilities

12/20/24 Duke Engineering

Superfast Cooling Explores New Abilities for Promising Next Generation Optoelectronic Materials

Stabilizing the glassy state of materials using rare instrumentation unlocks a new line of research for perovskites

12/12/24 Duke Engineering

How Metamaterials Are Making Their Mark

Experts from around the world gathered at Duke for the first Advanced Multifunctional Metamaterials Workshop to shape the future of the field

11/20/24 Duke Engineering

Four Duke Engineers Recognized as Most Cited by Clarivate in 2024

Four Duke Engineers are included in the most highly-cited list this year. Their scholarly publications are viewed as important and influential by their peers.

10/1/24 Duke Engineering

Soft Matter Matters

A three-decade quest by Michael Rubinstein spanning multiple institutions has made the North Carolina Research Triangle into a hub of new scientific study

9/27/24 Duke Science Technology

Using Physics to Understand Biology

Recent discoveries from the lab of Michael Rubinstein, PhD, the Aleksander S. Vesic Distinguished Professor, could one day allow cystic fibrosis patients to breathe easier and perhaps live longer

9/5/24 Duke Engineering

International Soft Matter Community Converges in North Carolina

The 8th International Soft Matter Conference saw nearly 500 participants from all over the world come together for the week-long event in Raleigh.

9/4/24 Duke Engineering

Duke’s Soft Matter Summer

Between The Young Investigators Workshop and Duke Soft Matter Day, the summer saw collaborations in the field that spanned North Carolina ahead of ISMC 2024.

6/28/24 Duke Engineering

Celebrating a Milestone For the University Program in Materials Science and Engineering

As the director of graduate studies for the program, Adrienne Stiff-Roberts has been instrumental in connecting faculty and students from various departments.

6/17/24 The Science Times

Nanosized Cubes Self-Assemble Into Checkerboard Pattern for Advanced Optical Applications, Study Finds

Researchers have discovered that nanosized silver cubes can self-assemble into a two-dimensional checkerboard pattern on water, paving the way for advanced optical applications.

6/17/24 Royal Society of Chemistry

Michael Rubinstein, Stephen L. Craig and Team Awarded 2024 Materials Chemistry Horizon Prize

The team was recognized for showing how mechanochemical reactions can affect the strength of cross-linked polymer networks.

5/1/24 Duke Engineering

Major Soft Matter Conference Makes Its Way to North Carolina This Summer

The 8th International Soft Matter Conference (ISMC) will be held in the Raleigh Convention Center this summer, marking the first time in the conference’s history that it will be held in the Americas. Duke’s Soft Matter Day, the Triangle Soft Matter Workshop, and the Young Investigator Workshop…

4/11/24 Duke Today

Nanoscale Movies Shed Light on One Barrier to a Clean Energy Future

Researchers at Duke have used nanoscale imaging to study how catalysts in electrolyzers, essential for producing clean hydrogen fuel, deteriorate due to corrosion. Their findings could lead to the development of renewable energy devices with significantly longer lifespans.