Directory Record for:

Vincent H. Crespi

Title(s):

Associate Professor of Physics and Downsbrough Professor

Associate Director of Penn State MRSEC

Department:

Physics

College/Admin. Unit:

Eberly College of Science

Office Address:

326 Davey Laboratory

University Park, PA 16802

Office Phone:

(814) 863-0163

Office Fax:

(814) 865-3604

E-Mail Address:

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Web Page(s):

http://www.phys.psu.edu

http://www.phys.psu.edu/people/display/index.html?person_id=202

Research Synopsis:

Materials theory. Carbon nanotubes. Magnetic metalattices. Electronic structure. Global optimization. Nanoelectronics. Molecular electronics. Predicting new materials. sp2 and sp3 carbon nanostructures. Metastable semiconductor alloys. Photonic bandstructure.

Technologies Impacted by Research:

Electronics. Optoelectronics. Magnetic systems. Nanomaterials.

Selected Publications:

Zhang P., Crespi V.H., Chang E., Louie S.G., Cohen M.L., "Computational Design of direct bandgap semiconductors that lattice match silicon", Nature (London) 409 (2001) 69
Stojkovic D., Crespi V.H., "Smallest Nanotube: Breaking the Symmetry of sp³ Bonds in Tubular Geometries", Phys. Rev. Lett. 87 (2001) 125502-1
Han J.E., Crespi V.H., "Tuning Fermi-surface properties through quantum confinement in metallic metalatices: New metals from old atoms", Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001) 696