https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0532-7099
Overview
Prof. Socolar is interested in collective behavior in condensed matter and dynamical systems. His current research interests include:
- Limit-periodic structures, quasicrystals, packing problems, and tiling theory;
- Self-assembly and phases of designed colloidal particles;
- Shear jamming and stick-slip behavior in dry granular materials;
- Organization and dynamics of complex networks;
- Topological elasticity of mechanical lattices.
Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Physics
·
2011 - Present
Physics,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Scholarly Works
Editorial: DSNP Dissertation Award 2025 - Pushing the limits of active metamaterials.
Journal article Physical review. E · March 2026 Full text CiteDynamical Heterogeneity in Shear-Jammed Granular Systems
Journal article EPJ Web of Conferences · December 1, 2025 Granular suspensions can jam into solids under shear at densities below the isotropic jamming density. At sufficiently large shear stress, these shear-jammed structures undergo plastic flow through small deformations of the particles, contact breaking or s ... Full text CiteQuasicrystalline structure of the hat monotile tilings
Journal article Physical Review B · December 1, 2023 Tiling models can reveal unexpected ways in which local constraints give rise to exotic long-range spatial structure. The recently discovered hat monotile (and its mirror image) has been shown to be aperiodic [Smith, arXiv:2303.10798]; it can tile the plan ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Stick-slip dynamics and failure in granular materials
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Army Research Office · 2018 - 2022Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2021Structure, Response, and Flow of Dense Granular Materials
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2018 - 2021View All Grants
Education
University of Pennsylvania ·
1987
Ph.D.
Haverford College ·
1980
B.A.