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Stefano Curtarolo

Stefano Curtarolo

Edmund T. Pratt Jr. School Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
144 Hudson Hall, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708-0300
144 Hudson Hall, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708

Overview

RESEARCH FIELDS

  • Artificial Intelligence Materials Science
  • Autonomous Materials Design
  • Computational Materials Science
  • High-Entropy Disordered and Amorphous Systems
  • Materials for Energy Applications
  • Materials for Aerospace Applications
  • Materials for Deep Space Exploration

The research is multidisciplinary and makes use of state of the art techniques from fields like materials science, chemistry, physics, quantum mechanics, mathematics and computer science.

Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations

Edmund T. Pratt Jr. School Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science · 2021 - Present Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science · 2012 - Present Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering
Director of the Center for Extreme Materials · 2025 - Present Pratt School of Engineering
Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering · 2013 - Present Pierre R. Lamond Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering

Recent News Items

Published August 13, 2024
Materials Scientist Stefano Curtarolo Elected to the European Academy of Sciences
Published January 11, 2024
Computational Method Discovers New Materials for Extreme Environments
Published November 16, 2023
Which Duke Scholars Made the Most Cited List?

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Recent Scholarly Works

Dual-phase high-entropy boride-carbide ceramics: Effects of the addition of V or Cr

Journal article Journal of the European Ceramic Society · March 1, 2027 Phase segregation and hardness were examined in dual-phase high-entropy boride-carbide ceramics containing Cr or V. The ceramics were synthesized by boro/carbothermal reduction and densified by spark plasma sintering. Ti, Cr and V segregated preferentially ... Full text Cite

Grain growth kinetics in (Cr,Mo,Ta,V,W)C high-entropy carbide ceramics

Journal article Journal of the European Ceramic Society · February 1, 2027 Understanding grain-boundary mobility during spark plasma sintering can enable microstructure control in high-entropy carbides, yet quantitative grain-growth kinetics remain scarce. In this work, grain growth kinetics and densification behavior are investi ... Full text Cite

The case against Hall-Petch hardening in high entropy carbide ceramics

Journal article Scripta Materialia · January 15, 2027 Grain size is often used with the Hall-Petch relationship to justify differences in hardness in ceramic materials. Herein, hardness does not vary systematically with grain-size for fully dense, single-phase (Cr,Mo,Ta,V,W)C1-δ high entropy carbid ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants

PCL-Test Bed: The AI Materials and Manufacturing Pilot Facility Node (PCL-AIMMPF)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Georgia Institute of Technology · 2026 - 2030

DETER: Disrupting Electron Transport to Minimize Thermal Conductivity

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Missouri University of Science and Technology · 2024 - 2027

Transition States Algorithms for the AFLOW Encyclopedia of Crystallographic Prototypes

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Office of Naval Research · 2024 - 2027

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Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2003 Sc.D.
Pennsylvania State University · 1999 M.S.
University of Padua (Italy) · 1998 M.S.
University of Padua (Italy) · 1995 M.S.

External Links

http://materials.duke.edu