Publications

2026

Sirohi, P., M. R. Ney, Y. Shmidov, B. E. Silverstein, A. Singh, G. Wadsworth, S. Deshpande, Y. Y. Ma, L. Fan, P. R. Banerjee and A. Chilkoti (2026). Dynamic Arrest and Tunable Gelation of Immunogenically Inert POEGMA Nanoparticles. ACS Polymers Au

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acspolymersau.6c00033

Instrument used: DLS

Kumari, A., S. A. Vigil, K. G. Mason, S. Sivakumar, A. H. Biby, P. Ninawe, C. B. Musgrave, A. R. Kulkarni, I. A. Moreno-Hernandez and J. M. Velázquez (2026). Local Structural Coherence and Interfacial Charge Transfer in Cu2S/MoS2 Heterostructure. PRX Energy 5(2): 023009. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/84s6-812t

Instrument used: TEM

Lee, J., L. Xiang, L. Huang and L. Feng (2026). Constructing Polyamine-Rich Zr-Based Metal−Organic Frameworks via Linker-Vacancy Engineering for Carbon Capture. ACS Materials Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.6c00118.

Instruments used: FTIR, SEM, XPS, XRD

May, A. J., M. Lella, J. Lindenberger, A. Berkman, U. Kumar, K. Liu, M. Dutta, M. Barr, R. Parks, X. Lu, M. Berry, A. Powell, A. G. Thompson, S. Sowdamini Nakka, C. T. França, X. Huang, A. Mrigwani, K. Song, V. Ilevbare, S. Sammour, C. S. Park, R. Devkota Adhikari, P. Devkota, K. Janowska, Y. Liu, G. Scapellato, T. N. Spence, K. Mansouri, K. Wiehe, N. J. Sullivan, R. Mason, R. J. Edwards, K. O. Saunders, B. F. Haynes and P. Acharya (2026). Mechanistic and antigenic boundaries of Henipavirus and Parahenipavirus glycoproteins. Nature Communications

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-74212-8.

Instrument used: CryoTEM

Bhattacharjee, S., J. A. G. Wostbrock, C. L. Blättler, T. M. Present, M. G. Sliwinski, Y. Guan and D. S. Grewal (2026). Accurate in situ C–Mg–Ca isotope ratio analysis in carbonates using SIMS. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d6ja00136j

Instrument used: Mass Spec 

Nguyen, U., F. Alfieri, A. Veneziano, A. Licht and J. A. Nyakatura (2026). Whole-Epiphysis Trabecular Bone in Tamarin Limbs Suggests Effects of Leaping Distance Alongside Non-Biomechanical Factors. Am J Biol Anthropol 190(2): e70293. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.70293.

Instrument used: MicroCT

Chan, Y. M., Judge, N.G., Willits, R.K. et al. (2026). Enhanced integrin-mediated adhesion and proliferation of Schwann cells using highly aligned, dual-functional fibrous scaffolds. npj Soft Matter 2(14). 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44431-026-00028-7.

Instruments used: DMA, UVVis

Rambo, C. R., J. J. Amsden, R. B. Serpa, T. Aloui, J. Ye, D. Muller, C. B. Parker and J. T. Glass (2026). Graphene edges modulate field-emission performance of graphenated carbon nanotubes. Carbon: 121828. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2026.121828.

Instruments used: Raman, TEM

Gracia, L., R. Hughes Elizabeth, R. Middleton Dustin, D. Mueller Katherine, A. Portillo Jessica, A. Sharma, L. Davey, E. Panzetta Maria, B. Chanin Rachael, S. Bhatt Ami and H. Valdivia Raphael (2026). A phase-variable capsule facilitates Akkermansia muciniphila colonization of the intestinal mucus layer. mBio : e01048–01026. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01048-26

Instrument used: TEM

Ren, Z., A. Chhetri, C. Liu, S. Offner, K. Sharma, M. J. Borgnia, W. Im, K. Yokoyama and S. Y. Lee (2026). Structural basis of fungal β-1,3-glucan synthase inhibition by caspofungin. Nature 654(8118): 547–555. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10409-7

Instrument used: CryoTEM

Kahsai, A. W., N. Pakharukova, H. Y. Kwon, K. S. Shah, C. T. del Real, B. N. Shreiber, J. G. Liang-Lin, P. J. Shim, M. A. Lee, V. A. Ngo, A. M. Schwalb, U. Pham, A. Chundi, H. Jiang, E. Flores-Espinoza, S. Liu, P. C. Nibley, D. K. Bassford, H. Hahn, C. A. Kunzle, B. N. Thomas, J. Kim, Y. Zhou, J. Wang, X. Zhang, J. S. Smith, L. A. M. Rein, A. R. B. Thomsen, S. K. Shenoy, S. Rajagopal, L. Shi, S. Ahn, H. A. Rockman, A. Masoudi and R. J. Lefkowitz (2026). Small-molecule modulation of β-arrestins. Nature

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10683-5

Press release:medschool.duke.edu/news/study-reveals-first-drug-molecules-control-key-cellular-signaling-proteins?utm_campaign=SoMnews&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin

Instrument used: CryoTEM

Malhotra, K., B. N. Smith, S. K. Holmes, J. L. Doherty and A. D. Franklin (2026). Width-Spreading Effect in Printed Carbon Nanotube Thin-Film Transistors and Its Impact on Device Performance. ACS Applied Nano Materials 9(19): 8781–8788. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.6c00640

Instruments used: AFM, Cleanroom, Direct Write, RAMAN, SEM, Hummink

Ney, M., P. Sirohi, Y. Shmidov, A. Singh, G. Wadsworth, X. Li, J. Zheng, E. Peng, L. Fan, T. S. Mahendran, S. Deshpande, N. Tripathi, J. C. Su, J. J. Milligan, Y.-X. Wang, P. R. Banerjee and A. Chilkoti (2026). Intrinsically disordered protein coating for oral delivery of peptide drugs. Cell Biomaterials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celbio.2026.100460

Press Release: https://pratt.duke.edu/news/oral-glp-1/

Instruments used: Confocal, SEM

Rahman, M. S., S. Hashemkhani, A. Sarkar, J. Chen, C. Chen, J. M. Redwing, R. Kubendran and T. Roy (2026). Electrically Reconfigurable Floating Gate Optoelectronic Synaptic Pixels for In-sensor Convolutional Image Feature Extraction with Built-in Contrast Enhancement. ACS Nano

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.6c03713

Instruments used: Cleanroom, RIE, SEM

Chen, Z., L. Xiang, P. Zhang, J. Lee, L. Huang and L. Feng (2026). Upcycling Polystyrene into Hydrophobic-Shielded Adsorbents for Efficient Direct Air Capture. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6c04052.

Instruments used: FTIR, GON, SEM, XRD

Choi, M., D. D. Cho, R. Sheridan, D. B. Mitzi and L. C. Brinson (2026). Uncertainty-aware dimensionality prediction of low-dimensional hybrid metal halides by integrating Bayesian modeling and experiments. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 14(29): 18589–18598. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5TA09980C.

Instruments used: FTIR, RAMAN, UV-VIS

Gao, L., A. Turner, N. Bossa, H. Hsu-Kim and M. Wiesner (2026). Evaluation of the Affinity of a Nanocarbon-Based Product for Soils in Agricultural Applications. Environmental Science & Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6c04741.

Instruments used: SEM, TEM, UV-Vis

Holmes, S. K., B. Zhang, V. M. Ravel, J. L. Doherty, B. N. Smith and A. D. Franklin (2026). Influence of Ar ion beam on WSe2 and resulting contact interfaces in 2D field-effect transistors. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B 44(3). 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0005387

Instruments used: AFM, EBL, Cleanroom, ELL, RAMAN, XPS

Sirohi, P., B. E. Silverstein, Y. Shmidov, S. Deshpande, J. Tong, Y. Y. Ma, C. S. Potnis, S. Saha, X. Li, M. R. Ney, S. Y. Kim, J. J. Milligan, L. Fan, M. L. Becker, D. Reker and A. Chilkoti (2026). All-PEG-Like Block Copolymers Self-Assemble into Stealth Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery. Advanced Science 13(17): e17048. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202517048.

Instrument used: DLS

Palmer, S. M., W. Foster, G. Capshaw, M. Michaud and S. B. Cooke (2026). Vomeronasal organ of the North American river otter (Lontra canadensis): Morphological and evolutionary insights based on iodine-enhanced computed tomography. The Anatomical Record

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.70211

Instrument used: MicroCT

Vigil, S. A., R. Thatcher, J. Nicolas, Z. Lin, D. Intriago, M. Fratarcangeli, M. C. Huang, A. I. Kankanamge, A. Vojvodic and I. A. Moreno-Hernandez (2026). Direct Observation of Collective Dissolution Mechanisms in Iridium Oxide Nanocrystals. Journal of the American Chemical Society 148(7): 7102–7112. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c18363.

Press release: https://trinity.duke.edu/news/watching-critical-green-energy-catalyst-dissolve-atom-atom

Instrument used: TEM

Srivastava, S. and S. J. Nesbitt (2026). A new taxon of saurischian dinosaur from the Coelophysis Quarry of New Mexico, USA (Triassic: latest Norian or Rhaetian) highlights herrerasaurian diversity in the latest Triassic. Papers in Palaeontology 12(2): e70069. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.70069.

News article: https://phys.org/news/2026-04-battered-skull-exposes-lost-killer.html

Instrument used: MicroCT

Choi, M., N. Rivera, S. P. Harvey, C. Zhou, S. Pathiranage, Y. Zhang, S. Barlow, S. R. Marder and D. B. Mitzi (2025). P-Type Doping of Mixed Tin–Lead Halide Perovskites Using Electron Transfer to Mo(tfd-COCF3)3 and F4TCNQ. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 17(51): 69676–69685. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c19800.

Instrument used: SEM

Li, J., J. Jeon, K. Z. Lee and F. Zhang (2026). Biosynthesized Silk-Amyloid-Mussel Proteins as Dissolution Recyclable Materials With Tunable Supercontraction. Advanced Materials: e73200. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.73200.

Instruments used: FTIR, SAXS

Liang, J., C. Sui, J. Tian, G. Higueros, T.-H. Chen, R. Wu, P.-J. Hung, Y. Deng, N. Rozman, W. J. Padilla and P.-C. Hsu (2026). Ionic Liquid-Based Reversible Metal Electrodeposition for Adaptive Radiative Thermoregulation Under Extreme Environments. Advanced Functional Materials 36(6): 2419087. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202419087.

Instruments used: SEM, XPS, XRD