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

Third-body stabilization of supercritical CO2 in CO oxidation: development and application of a ReaxFF force field for the CO/O/CO2 system

Chowdhury, E. H., Aryanpour, M., Kyung Shin, Y., Ramos-Alvarado, B., Ihme, M. & van Duin, A. C. T., Jan 1 2027, In: Fuel. 427, 139582.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Nanomechanics of liquid-quench-derived nanoporous amorphous carbon using Reax FF molecular dynamics

Busaidi, M. A., Kowalik, M., Van Duin, A. C. T. & Dumitricǎ, T., Jul 1 2026, In: Physical Review Materials. 10, 7, 073604.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Searching for a Correlation between Interfacial Liquid Structure and Hydrodynamic Slip: A Case Study of Water/Silica Interface

Choi, J., Shuvo, A. A., van Duin, A. C. T., Ramos-Alvarado, B. & Kim, S. H., Aug 13 2026, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 130, 32, p. 11347-11360 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Understanding surface wettability: insights from experiments, molecular simulations, and first-principles theory

Chowdhury, E. H., Sohan, M. S. H., Gonzalez-Valle, C. U., van Duin, A. C. T. & Ramos-Alvarado, B., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Nanoscale.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Membranes Incorporating 2D Single-Crystalline COFs for Superior Separation Performance: 3D Image-Informed Reactive Force Field Modeling and Scalable Mixed-Matrix Systems

Das, J., Shin, Y. K., Bartolomei, B., Johannesmeyer, C., dos Santos, G. T., Barsoum, M. L., dos Reis, R., Dravid, V. P., van Duin, A. C. T., Dichtel, W. R. & Li-Oakey, K. D., Sep 2 2026, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 148, 34, p. 36997-37006 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

A ReaxFF-based thermomechanical analysis of N-carbophenes: Phase-change, thermal expansion, and high temperature synthesis pathway

Junkermeier, C. E., Lavarez, K., Adra, R. M., Diaz, V. A., Osterstock, H., Casinto, P., Verano, M., Paupitz, R. & van Duin, A. C. T., Jun 5 2026, In: Computational Materials Science. 270, 114747.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Development of a ReaxFF Reactive Force Field for the Investigation of Thermochemical, Thermophysical and Oxidation Behavior of Titanium Diboride

Mirakhory, M., Ness, S. C., McCormack, S. J. & van Duin, A. C. T., Aug 20 2026, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 130, 33, p. 11549-11562 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Dynamics of iodine geminate recombination in supercritical xenon solvent: Caging effect

Mirakhory, M., Majumdar, A., Ihme, M. & Van Duin, A. C. T., Mar 7 2026, In: Journal of Chemical Physics. 164, 9, 094309.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review