Stefano Curtarolo, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

RESEARCH FIELDS

• Nanoscale Science of Energy
• Computational materials science
• Nanotube growth characterization
• Alloy theory
• Superlubricity on quasicrystals
• Superconductivity in Metal borides
• Genetic Approaches to QM Predictions of Materials Structures
• Materials for Nuclear Detection

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

Contact Info:

Office Location:	144 Hudson Hall
Office Phone:	(919) 660-5310
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://materials.pratt.duke.edu

Teaching (Fall 2012):

• ME 221L.001, STRUC/PROP OF SOLIDS Synopsis

  TBA, MWF 10:20 AM-11:10 AM

• ME 221L.01L, STRUC/PROP OF SOLIDS Synopsis

  TBA, M 03:05 PM-05:30 PM

• ME 221L.02L, STRUC/PROP OF SOLIDS Synopsis

  TBA, W 03:05 PM-05:30 PM

• ME 555.02, ADVANCED TOPICS Synopsis

  TBA, MF 03:05 PM-04:20 PM

Education:

PhD in Materials Science	Massachussets Institute of Technology	2003
MS - Physics	Penn State University	1999
Laurea in Physics	University of Padova	1998
Laurea in Electrical Engineering	University of Padova	1995

Specialties:

Nanoscale/microscale computing systems
Computational Materials
Quantum Information
Materials

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. Curtarolo, Stefano and Ceder, Gerbrand, Dynamics of an inhomogeneously coarse grained multiscale system, Physical Review Letters, vol. 88 no. 25 I (2002), pp. 255504 - 1 [PhysRevLett.88.255504]  [abs]
2. Curtarolo, Stefano and Morgan, Dane and Ceder, Gerbrand, Accuracy of ab initio methods in predicting the crystal structures of metals: A review of 80 binary alloys, Calphad: Computer Coupling of Phase Diagrams and Thermochemistry, vol. 29 no. 3 (2005), pp. 163 - 211 [002]  [abs]
3. Curtarolo, Stefano and Setyawan, Wahyu and Ferralis, Nicola and Diehl, Renee D. and Cole, Milton W., Evolution of topological order in Xe films on a quasicrystal surface, Physical Review Letters, vol. 95 no. 13 (2005), pp. 1 - 4 [PhysRevLett.95.136104]  [abs]
4. Kolmogorov, A.N. and Curtarolo, S., Prediction of different crystal structure phases in metal borides: a lithium monoboride analog to MgB₂, Phys. Rev., B, Condens, Matter Mater. Phys. (USA), vol. 73 no. 18 (2006), pp. 180501 - 1 [PhysRevB.73.180501]  [abs]
5. Stan, G. and Bojan, M.J. and Curtarolo, S. and Gatica, S.M. and Cole, M.W., Uptake of gases in bundles of carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B, Condens. Matter (USA), vol. 62 no. 3 (2000), pp. 2173 - 80 [2173]  [abs]