Vincent Crespi

Vincent Crespi
Distinguished Professor of Physics and
Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
326 Davey Lab
University Park, PA 16802
814-863-0163
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Research Interests: 
  •     Carbon Nanostructures electronic, structural and optical properties
  •     Information theory of Materials
  •     Frustrated Magnetism
  •     Novel 2D Materials
  •     Phyllotaxis
Journal Articles and Publications: 
  1. M. Yudasaka, S. Iijima and V. H. Crespi, "Single-Wall Carbon Nanohorns and Nanocones", in Carbon nanotubes: Advanced topics in the synthesis, structure, properties and applications, Ed.: Jorio, Dresselhaus and Dresselhaus (Springer Verlag, 2008) p. 565-586.
  2. J. Li, R. Wang, W. McConville, C. Nisoli, X. Ke, P. E. Lammert, V. H. Crespi and P. Schiffer, "Demagnetization Protocols for Frustrated Interacting Nanomagnet Arrays," to appear in J. Appl. Phys., (2007).
  3. C. Nisoli, P. E. Lammert, E. Mockensturm and V. H. Crespi, "Carbon Nanostructures as an Electromechanical Bicontinuum," Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 045501 (2007).
  4. R. Wang, C. Nisoli, R. S. Freitas, J. Li, W. McConville, B. Cooley, M. S. Lund, N. Samarth, C. Leighton, V. H. Crespi and P. Schiffer, "Artificial 'spin ice' in a geometrically frustrated lattice of nanoscale ferromagnetic islands," Nature 439, 303 – 306 (2006).
  5. T. J. Scheidemantel, P. J. A. Sazio, A. Amezcua-Correa, C. E. Finlayson, J. R. Hayes, N. Baril, D. J. Won, F. Zhang, E. R. Margine, V. Gopalan, V. H. Crespi and J. Badding,"Microstructured Optical Fibers as High-Pressure Microfluidic Reactors," Science 311, 1583 – 1586 (2006).

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