Adri van Duin

IEE Faculty Member
IEE Fellow
Titles and Affiliations
Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Director, Materials Computation Center

Research Summary

Research interests include atomistic-scale simulations of chemical reactions, reactive force fields (ReaxFF), quantum chemistry, combustion reactions, interface chemistry and organic geochemistry.

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Recent Publications

Revealing the Defect-Driven Ferroelectric Mechanisms of Aluminum Nitride

Dryzhakov, B., Skidmore, C., Behrendt, D., Calderon, S., Jacques, L. C., Ozdemir, E., Hayden, J., Mercer, I., Dinani, A. M., Ivanov, I., Lasseter, J., Srijanto, B., Sepehrinezhad, A., Jeong, G. U., Akgun, B. A., Rappe, A. M., van Duin, A. C. T., Trolier-McKinstry, S., Dickey, E. C. & Randolph, S. J. & 2 others, Maria, J. P. & Kelley, K. P., Mar 17 2026, In: Advanced Materials. 38, 16, e20258.

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Organic H2 formation at atomic to basin scales: predictions and ground-truthing

Horsfield, B., Sośnicka, M., Boreham, C. J., Nelskamp, S., Sachse, V., Cherubin, M. V., Kowalik, M., van Duin, A. C. T., Han, S., Wang, P., Hartwig, A. & Mahlstedt, N., Jan 7 2026, In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 198, 150063.

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Atomistic-Scale Simulations of the High-Temperature Chemistry of Si/C/O/H-Based Polymers and Their Conversion to Si/C Solid Materials

Hosna, A. U. & van Duin, A. C. T., Jan 29 2026, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 130, 4, p. 1645-1660 16 p.

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Development of a ReaxFF Reactive Force Field for the Crystallization of van der Waals-Layered Bismuth Selenide

Jeong, G. U., Morelock, R., Bagchi, S., Nayir, N., van Duin, A. C. T. & Ganesh, P., Feb 19 2026, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 130, 7, p. 2744-2752 9 p.

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Suitability of the ReaxFF potential for MD modeling of lithium across low and high temperatures

Krstic, P. S., Dwivedi, S., van Duin, A. C. T. & Koel, B. E., Jan 14 2026, In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 28, 2, p. 1712-1719 8 p.

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Critical nanoparticle formation in iron combustion: single particle experiments with in-situ multi-parameter diagnostics aided by multi-scale simulations

Li, T., Nguyen, B. D., Gao, Y., Elsässer, L., Ning, D., Scholtissek, A., van Duin, A. C. T., Hasse, C. & Böhm, B., Jan 15 2026, In: Fuel. 404, 136303.

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Polarization Switching on the Open Surfaces of the Wurtzite Ferroelectric Nitrides: Ferroelectric Subsystems and Electrochemical Reactivity

Liu, Y., Ievlev, A. V., Eliseev, E. A., Dinani, A. M., Sepehrinezhad, A., Hassan, U. S., Behrendt, D., Sun, N., Okamoto, K., Funakubo, H., Rappe, A. M., van Duin, A. C. T., Morozovska, A. N. & Kalinin, S., Jan 27 2026, In: Advanced Materials. 38, 6, e11001.

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Harnessing Chain Mobility via Protonation for Tough and Isotropic Hydrogel

Shi, P., Si, M., Lin, Z., Mao, Q., Duan, S., Liu, Z., Hong, W., Possinger, M., Yan, Y., Chen, C., He, P., Zuo, X., Zhou, H., van Duin, A. & He, X., Mar 17 2026, In: Advanced Materials. 38, 16, e17407.

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2D Indium Oxide at the Epitaxial Graphene/SIC Interface: Synthesis, Structure, Properties, and Devices

Turker, F., Xu, B., Dong, C., Labella, M., Nayir, N., Sheremetyeva, N., Trdinich, Z. J., Zhang, D., Adabasi, G., Pourbahari, B., Lu, L. S., Auker, W. E., Wang, K., Baykara, M., Meunier, V., Bassim, N., van Duin, A. C. T., Crespi, V. H. & Robinson, J. A., Jan 27 2026, In: Advanced Materials. 38, 6, e16133.

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ReaxFF Parameter Set for Boron Clusters and Icosahedral Boron Crystals: Comparison with Density Functional Theory and Machine-Learning Potentials

Ahmadisharaf, A., van Duin, A. C. T., Liu, B., Evans, D., Sabouri, S. & Comer, J., Dec 25 2025, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 129, 51, p. 22319-22333 15 p.

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Surface Orientation-Dependent Corrosion Behavior of NiCr Alloys in Molten FLiNaK Salt

Arkoub, H., Flynn, D., van Duin, A. C. T. & Jin, M., Jul 2 2025, In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 17, 26, p. 38708-38719 12 p.

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Probing Carbon Mineralization Mechanisms in Pore and Bulk Fluids by Harnessing Architected Calcium Silicates

Asgar, H., Dasgupta, N., Yin, T., Hahn, S. H., Kuzmenko, I., van Duin, A. C. T. & Gadikota, G., May 15 2025, In: Energy and Fuels. 39, 19, p. 8977-8988 12 p.

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Synergistic electronic interplay between Co[sbnd]Fe single atom and nitrogen on 2D carbon boosts bifunctional oxygen redox in metal-air batteries

Askari, S., Dwivedi, S., Lim, K. H., Alivand, M. S., Biniaz, P., Zavabeti, A., Kawi, S., Hill, M. R., van Duin, A. C. T., Tanksale, A., Majumder, M. & Chakraborty Banerjee, P., Oct 15 2025, In: Chemical Engineering Journal. 522, 167663.

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Synergy of Pyridinic-N and Co Single Atom Sites for Enhanced Oxygen Redox Reactions in High-Performance Zinc-Air Batteries

Askari, S., Dwivedi, S., Alivand, M. S., Lim, K. H., Biniaz, P., Zavabeti, A., Kawi, S., Hill, M. R., van Duin, A. C. T., Tanksale, A., Majumder, M. & Chakraborty Banerjee, P., Mar 12 2025, In: Small. 21, 10, 2411574.

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The Amsterdam Modeling Suite

Baerends, E. J., Aguirre, N. F., Austin, N. D., Autschbach, J., Bickelhaupt, F. M., Bulo, R., Cappelli, C., van Duin, A. C. T., Egidi, F., Fonseca Guerra, C., Förster, A., Franchini, M., Goumans, T. P. M., Heine, T., Hellström, M., Jacob, C. R., Jensen, L., Krykunov, M., van Lenthe, E. & Michalak, A. & 14 others, Mitoraj, M. M., Neugebauer, J., Nicu, V. P., Philipsen, P., Ramanantoanina, H., Rüger, R., Schreckenbach, G., Stener, M., Swart, M., Thijssen, J. M., Trnka, T., Visscher, L., Yakovlev, A. & van Gisbergen, S., Apr 28 2025, In: Journal of Chemical Physics. 162, 16, 162501.

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