Vincent Meunier

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Vincent Meunier, Ph.D.


Computer Science and Mathematics Division
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences

Oak Ridge National Laboratory



Contact Information


P.O. Box 2008 MS6367
Oak Ridge TN 37831-6367
USA

Email: meunierv@ornl.gov
Phone: 865-574-7632
Fax: 865-574-0680


Education and Professional Preparation


Vincent Meunier is a Research and Development staff member at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) with the Computational Chemical Sciences Group in the Computer Science and Mathematics Division. His undergraduate (1992-1996) and post-graduate (1996-1999) degrees were obtained at the Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium.

After receiving his Ph.D. in physics, he worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the Solid State Theory Group, North Carolina State University, North Carolina (2000-2002), before joining the Computational Materials Science Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2002. Since 2004, he is a R&D staff member at the Computational Chemical Sciences Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He joined the Nanoscience Theory Institute (NTI) at the Center For Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) in 2005.

As of February 2009, Vincent has over 70 publications in peer-reviewed journals in various areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology. His publications have been cited a total of 1050 times with an average of 15.32 citations per paper. His h-index is 20 and his m-value is 2. (number based on WebOfScience analysis).

Honors and Awards

From 2001 to 2004, Vincent has been an honorary research fellow of the Belgian national fund for scientific research (FNRS)

In 2004, he received the Courtoy Award for "Best thesis of the Physics department of Namur University for period extending from 1999 to 2002".

In 2007, Vincent received the ORNL "Early Career Award for scientific accomplishments" For advancing the fields of nano-science and nano-technology through application of innovative theory and advanced computation.


Research Interests


Vincent's research interests are centered on theory, modeling and computer simulation in areas relevant to nanoscience. In particular, he conducts research in theoretical physics, with special emphasis into electronic quantum transport and novel scanning probe microscopy techniques. He recently worked on the emergence of quantum mechanical phenomena related to nanoconfinement on metal oxide surfaces. His work is equally divided between application (simulation) and code development on large scale computational resources. In addition to his research into efficient and robust algorithms on open systems suitable for transport modeling, he has been pursuing tight collaborations with experimental groups within and outside ORNL.


Publications


    Most recent papers:


    1. Controlled Formation of Zigzag and Armchair Edges in Graphene Nanoribbons by Joule Heating, Xiaoting Jia, Mario Hofmann, Vincent Meunier, Bobby G. Sumpter, Jessica Campos-Delgado, José Manuel Romo-Herrera, Hyungbin Son, Ya-Ping Hsieh, Alfonso Reina, Jing Kong, Mauricio Terrones, and Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Science, in press (2009)

    2. Properties of one-dimensional molybdenum nanowires in a confined environment: V. Meunier, H. Muramatsu, T. Hayashi, Y.A. Kim, D. Shimamoto, H. Terrones, M. Dresselhaus, M. Terrones, M. Endo, Morinobu, and B. Sumpter, Nano Lett. , in press (2009)

    3. The Role of Sulfur in the Synthesis of Novel Carbon Morphologies: From Covalent Y-junctions to Sea Urchin-like Structures. J.M. Romo-Herrera, D. Cullen, E. Cruz-Silva, B.G. Sumpter, V. Meunier, H. Terrones, D. Smith, and M. Terrones, Advanced Functional Materials, in press (2009)

    4. Covalent Heterojunctions Between Metals and Carbon Nanotubes as Ultimate Nano-Contacts , Julio A. Rodriguez-Manzo, Florian Banhart, Mauricio Terrones, Humberto Terrones, N. Grobert, P.M. Ajayan, B.G. Sumpter, V. Meunier, Mingsheng Wang, Yoshio Bando, Dmitri Golberg, Proc. National Academy of Science, in press. (2009)



    All papers:


      Top papers

      Science (1), Adv. Func. Mat (1), PNAS (1), Physical Review Letters (6), Angewandte Chemie (2), Nanoletters (6), ACS Nano (3)

    1. Controlled Formation of Zigzag and Armchair Edges in Graphene Nanoribbons by Joule Heating, Xiaoting Jia, Mario Hofmann, Vincent Meunier, Bobby G. Sumpter, Jessica Campos-Delgado, José Manuel Romo-Herrera, Hyungbin Son, Ya-Ping Hsieh, Alfonso Reina, Jing Kong, Mauricio Terrones, and Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Science, in press (2009)

    2. The Role of Sulfur in the Synthesis of Novel Carbon Morphologies: From Covalent Y-junctions to Sea Urchin-like Structures. J.M. Romo-Herrera, D. Cullen, E. Cruz-Silva, B.G. Sumpter, V. Meunier, H. Terrones, D. Smith, and M. Terrones, Advanced Functional Materials, in press (2009)

    3. Covalent Heterojunctions Between Metals and Carbon Nanotubes as Ultimate Nano-Contacts , Julio A. Rodriguez-Manzo, Florian Banhart, Mauricio Terrones, Humberto Terrones, N. Grobert, P.M. Ajayan, B.G. Sumpter, V. Meunier, Mingsheng Wang, Yoshio Bando, Dmitri Golberg, Proc. National Academy of Science, in press. (2009)

    4. Nonvolatile memory element based on carbon nanotubes intercalated with or-ganic molecules, Vincent Meunier , S. K. Kalinin, B.G. Sumpter, in Phys. Rev. Lett., 98, 056401 (2007).

    5. Surface reconstructions of TiO2 (110) driven by suboxides: K. Park, M. H. Pan, Vincent Meunier , and E.W. Plummer, Phys. Rev. Lett., 96, 226105 (2006).

    6. Non-equilibrium quantum transport properties of organic molecules on silicon: W. Lu, Vincent Meunier , and J. Bernholc, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 206805 (2005).

    7. Quantitative analysis of electronic properties of carbon nanotubes by scanning probe microscopy: from atomic to mesoscopic length scales: Vincent Meunier , Sergei V.Kalinin, Junsoo Shin, Arthur P. Baddorf, and Robert J. Harrison, Phys. Rev. Lett., 93, 246801 (2004).

    8. Ab initio investigations of lithium diffusion in carbon nanotube systems: Vincent Meunier , C. Roland and J. Bernholc, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 075506 (2002).

    9. Tight-binding computation of the STM image of carbon nanotubes: Vincent Meunier and Ph. Lambin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 5588-5591 (1998).

    10. An Atomistic Branching Mechanism for Carbon Nanotubes: Sulfur as triggering agent: J.M. Romo-Herrera, B.G. Sumpter, D.A. Cullen, H. Terrones, E. Cruz, D.J. Smith, Vincent Meunier and M. Terrones, Angewandte Chemie, 47 (16), 2948 (2008).

    11. Theoretical Model for Nanoporous Carbon Supercapacitors: Jingsong Huang, Bobby G. Sumpter, and Vincent Meunier , Angewandte Chemie, 120 (3), 530 (2007).

    12. Properties of one-dimensional molybdenum nanowires in a confined environment: V. Meunier, H. Muramatsu, T. Hayashi, Y.A. Kim, D. Shimamoto, H. Terrones, M. Dresselhaus, M. Terrones, M. Endo, Morinobu, and B. Sumpter, Nano Lett. , in press (2009)

    13. Covalent 2D and 3D Networks from 1D Nanostructures: Designing New Materials: Jose Romo-Herrera, Mauricio Terrones, Humberto Terrones, Sefa Dag, and Vincent Meunier , Nano Letters, 7(3), 570-576 (2007).

    14. Tuning the electronic properties of coaxial nanoscale cables through chemical doping: A. G. Souza Filho, Vincent Meunier , M. Terrones, Bobby G. Sumpter, E. B. Barros, F. Villalpando, Y.A. Kim, H. Muramatsu, T. Hayashi, M. Endo, and M. S. Dresselhaus, Nano Letters, 7(8) 2383-2388 (2007).

    15. Theoretical prediction for the discovery of Haeckelite structures X. Rocquefelte, G.-M. Rignanese, Vincent Meunier , H. Terrones, M. Terrones and J.-C. Charlier. Nano Letters, 4, 805-810 (2004).

    16. Fullerene Coalescence in Nanopeapods: A Path to Novel Tubular Carbon: E. Hernández, Vincent Meunier , B. W. Smith, R. Rurali, H. Terrones, M. Buongiorno Nardelli, M. Terrones, D. E. Luzzi, and J.-C. Charlier, Nano Lett, 3, 1037 (2003).

    17. Enhanced Electron Field Emission in B-doped carbon nanotube: J.-C. Charlier, M. Terrones, M. Baxendale, Vincent Meunier , T. Zacharia, N. L. Rupesinghe, W. K. Hsu, N. Grobert, H. Terrones, and G. A. J. Amaratunga, Nano Lett. 2, 1191 (2002).

    18. Hetero-doped Nanotubes: Theory, Synthesis and Characterization of Phosphorus-Nitrogen Doped Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes, Cruz-Silva, Eduardo; Cullen, David; Gu, Lin; Romo-Herrera, Jose; Munoz-Sandoval, E; Lopez-Urias, Florentino; Sumpter, Bobby; Meunier, Vincent ; Charlier, Jean-Christophe; Smith, David; Terrones, Humberto; Terrones, Mauricio, ACS Nano 2 (3), 441 (2008).

    19. Nitrogen-mediated carbon nanotube growth: Diameter reduction, metallicity, bundle dispersability, and bamboo-like structure formation: Sumpter, Bobby; Meunier, Vincent; Romo-Herrera, Jose M.; Cruz-Silva, Eduardo; Cullen, David A.; Terrones, Humberto; Smith, David J.; and Terrones, Mauricio, ACS Nano, 1, 369-375 (2007).

    20. Guiding electronic current through Organic Nanocircuits: Defects engineering in ON-CNTs, J.M. Romo-Herrera, M. Terrones, H. Terrones and Vincent Meunier, ACS Nano, 2, 2585 (2008)


    Physical Review B (14) :


    1. Theoretical study of the vibrational edge modes in graphene nanoribbons, Vandescuren, M., P. Hermet, Vincent Meunier , L. Henrard, and P. Lambin, Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics), 78(19): p. 195401-8, (2008).

    2. Influence of structural defects on Fresnel projection microscope images of carbon nanotubes: Implications for the characterization of nanoscale devices, Adessi, C., et al., Physical Review B, 61(20): p. 13385-13388, (2000).

    3. Scanning tunneling microscopy fingerprints of point defects in graphene: A theoretical prediction, Amara, H., et al., Physical Review B, 76(11)(2007).

    4. Electronic flexoelectricity in low-dimensional systems, Kalinin, S.V. and Vincent Meunier , Physical Review B, 77(3)(2008).

    5. Electronic structure of polychiral carbon nanotubes, Lambin, P., Vincent Meunier , and A. Rubio, Physical Review B, 62(8): p. 5129-5135, (2000).

    6. Massless fermions in multilayer graphitic systems with misoriented layers: Ab initio calculations and experimental fingerprints, Latil, S., Vincent Meunier , and L. Henrard, Physical Review B, 76(20)(2007).

    7. Energetics of bent carbon nanotubes, Vincent Meunier , L. Henrard, and P. Lambin, Physical Review B, 57(4): p. 2586-2591, (1998).

    8. Atomic and electronic structures of large and small carbon tori, Vincent Meunier , P. Lambin, and A.A. Lucas, Physical Review B, 57(23): p. 14886-14890, (1998).

    9. Structural and electronic properties of carbon nanotube tapers, Vincent Meunier , et al., Physical Review B, 64(19): p. art. no.-195419, (2001.)

    10. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy signature of finite-size and connected nanotubes: A tight-binding study, Vincent Meunier , P. Senet, and P. Lambin, Physical Review B, 60(11): p. 7792-7795, (1999).

    11. Spontaneous polarization and piezoelectricity in boron nitride nanotubes, Nakhmanson, S.M., et al., Physical Review B, 67(23)(2003).

    12. Reoxidation of TiO2(110) via Ti interstitials and line defects, Park, K.T., et al., Physical Review B, 75(24)(2007).

    13. Charge transport through small silicon clusters, Roland, C., et al., Physical Review B, 66(3)(2002).

    14. Atomic structure of carbon nanotubes from scanning tunneling microscopy,Venema, L.C., et al., Physical Review B, 61(4): p. 2991-2996, (2000).

    15. Adsorption, desorption, and dissociation of benzene on TiO2(110) and Pd/TiO2(110): Experimental characterization and first-principles calculations, Zhou, J., et al., Physical Review B, 74(12)(2006).

    Applied Physics Letters (5) :

    1. Intrinsic electron transport properties of carbon nanotube Y-junctions, Vincent Meunier, M.B. Nardelli, J. Bernholc, T. Zacharia, and J.C. Charlier, Applied Physics Letters, 81(27): p. 5234-5236, (2002).

    2. Response to "Comment on 'Intrinsic electron transport properties of carbon nanotube Y junctions' " [Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 1674 (2003)], Vincent Meunier, M.B. Nardelli, J. Bernholc, T. Zacharia, and J.C. Charlier, Applied Physics Letters, 83(8): p. 1676-1677, (2003).

    3. Electronic and field emission properties of boron nitride/carbon nanotube superlattices, Vincent Meunier, C. Roland, J. Bernholc, and M.B. Nardelli, Applied Physics Letters, 81(1): p. 46-48, (2002).

    4. Scanning frequency mixing microscopy of high-frequency transport behavior at electroactive interfaces, Rodriguez, B.J., S. Jesse, Vincent Meunier , and S.V. Kalinin, Applied Physics Letters, 88(14)(2006).

    5. Nonlinear transport imaging by scanning impedance microscopy, Shin, J., Vincent Meunier , A.P. Baddorf, and S.V. Kalinin, Applied Physics Letters, 85(18): p. 4240-4242, (2004).

    Other Publications (Carbon, JAP, JCP, JPC) :

    1. STM study of a grain boundary in graphite, Simonis, P., C. Goffaux, P.A. Thiry, L.P. Biro, P. Lambin, and Vincent Meunier , Surface Science, 511(1-3): p. 319-322, (2002).

    2. Mechanical and electrical properties of nanotubes, Bernholc, J., D. Brenner, M.B. Nardelli, Vincent Meunier , and C. Roland, Annual Review of Materials Research, 32: p. 347-375, (2002).

    3. A universal model for nanoporous carbon supercapacitors applicable to diverse pore regimes, carbon materials, and electrolytes, Huang, J.S., B.G. Sumpter, and Vincent Meunier , Chemistry-a European Journal, 14(22): p. 6614-6626, (2008).

    4. Single electron tunneling of nanoscale TiSi2 islands on Si, Oh, J., Vincent Meunier , H. Ham, and R.J. Nemanich, Journal of Applied Physics, 92(6): p. 3332-3337, (2002).

    5. Benzo-homologated nucleobases in a nanotube-electrode set-up for DNA sequencing, Fuentes-Cabrera, M., Vincent Meunier , and B.G. Sumpter, Nanotechnology, 18(42)(2007).

    6. Tuning the conductance of carbon nanotubes with encapsulated molecules, Vincent Meunier, and B.G. Sumpter, Nanotechnology, 18(42): p. 424032, (2007).

    7. Electron transport properties of ordered networks using carbon nanotubes, Romo-Herrera, J.M., M. Terrones, H. Terrones, and Vincent Meunier , Nanotechnology, 19(31): p. 315704, (2008).

    8. Electron transport in open systems from finite-size calculations: Examination of the principal layer method applied to linear gold chains, Beste, A., Vincent Meunier , and R.J. Harrison, Journal of Chemical Physics, 128(15)(2008).

    9. Enhancement of the transverse conductance in DNA nucleotides, Vincent Meunier, and P.S. Krstic, Journal of Chemical Physics, 128(4) 041103 (2008).

    10. Amphoteric doping of carbon nanotubes by encapsulation of organic molecules: Electronic properties and quantum conductance, Vincent Meunier, and B.G. Sumpter, Journal of Chemical Physics, 123(2)(2005).

    11. Structure and stability of small boron and boron oxide clusters, Drummond, M.L., Vincent Meunier , and B.G. Sumpter, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 111(28): p. 6539-6551, (2007).

    12. Electrical rectification in betaine derivatives, Saraiva-Souza, A., B.G. Sumpter, Vincent Meunier , A.G. Souza, and J. Del Nero, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112(31): p. 12008-12011, (2008).

    13. A new class of supramolecular wires, Sumpter, B.G., Vincent Meunier , E.F. Valeev, A.J. Lampkins, H. Li, and R.K. Castellano, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111(51): p. 18912-18916, (2007).

    More Papers :

    1. Structural properties of junctions between two carbon nanotubes, Lambin, P. and Vincent Meunier , Applied Physics a-Materials Science & Processing, 68(3): p. 263-266, (1999).

    2. Structural properties of carbon nanotube junctions, Vincent Meunier, and P. Lambin, CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS 77(9): p. 667-675, (1999).

    3. Elastic deformation of a carbon nanotube adsorbed on a stepped surface, Lambin, P., Vincent Meunier , and L.P. Biro, Carbon, 36(5): p. 701-704, (1998).

    4. Measuring the helicity of carbon nanotubes, Lambin, P., Vincent Meunier , L. Henrard, and A.A. Lucas, Carbon, 38(11-12): p. 1713-1721, (2000).

    5. Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy of topological defects in carbon nanotubes, Vincent Meunier, and P. Lambin, Carbon, 38(11-12): p. 1729-1733, (2000).

    6. Understanding and enhancing polarization in complex materials, Bernholc, J., S.M. Nakhmanson, M.B. Nardelli, and Vincent Meunier , Computing in Science & Engineering, 6(6): p. 12-21, (2004).

    7. Regularly curved carbon nanotubes, Biro, L.P., G.I. Mark, A.A. Koos, Z.E. Horvath, A. Szabo, A. Fonseca, J.B. Nagy, J.F. Colomer, P. Lambin, Vincent Meunier , J.C. Charlier, O.N. Bedoya-Martinez, and E. Hernandez, FULLERENES NANOTUBES AND CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES 13(523-533): p. 523-533, (2005).

    8. Computation of STM images of carbon nanotubes, Lambin, P., G.I. Mark, Vincent Meunier , and L.P. Biro, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 95(4-5): p. 493-503, (2003).

    9. Density functional theory studies of quantum transport in molecular systems, Vincent Meunier, W.C. Lu, B.G. Sumpter, and J. Bernholc, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 106(15): p. 3334-3342, (2006).

    10. Investigation of the nanoscale self-assembly of donor-sigma-acceptor molecules, Sumpter, B.G., Vincent Meunier , A. Vazquez-Mayagoitia, and R.K. Castellano, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 107(12): p. 2233-2242, (2007).

    11. Atomic scale design of nanostructures, Bernholc, J., W. Lu, S.M. Nakhmanson, P.H. Hahn, Vincent Meunier , M.B. Nardelli, and W.G. Schmidt, MOLECULAR PHYSICS, 105(2-3): p. 147-156, (2007).

    12. Scanning tunnelling microscopy of carbon nanotubes, Vincent Meunier, and P. Lambin, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series a-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 362(1823): p. 2187-2203, (2004).

    13. In situ monitoring of the self-assembly of p-nitroanilino terminated thiol on gold: a study by IR-vis sum-frequency generation spectroscopy, Humbert, C., M. Buck, A. Calderone, J.P. Vigneron, Vincent Meunier , B. Champagne, W.Q. Zheng, A. Tadjeddine, P.A. Thiry, and A. Peremans, PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLIED RESEARCH 175(1): p. 129-136, (1999).



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