R&D Staff Member,
Computational Chemical Sciences Group (CCSG),
Computer Science and Mathematics Division (CSMD)

also at the
Nanoscience Theory Institute (NTI)
Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)

Education, Professional Experience, Activities:

Vincent Meunier is a R&D 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 August 1st 2008, Vincent has over 70 publications in peer-reviewed journals in various areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology. His publications have been cited a total of 764 times (622 non self-citations), with an average of 14.15 citations per paper. His h-index is 17 and his m-value is 2. (number based on WebOfScience analysis).

Interests and Expertise:

Dr Meunier'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.

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 .

Selected Key Publications:

Physical Review Letters:
1. Nonvolatile memory element based on carbon nanotubes intercalated with or-ganic molecules, V. Meunier, S. K. Kalinin, B.G. Sumpter, in Phys. Rev. Lett., 98, 056401 (2007).
   


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


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


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


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


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

Angewandte Chemie:
1. 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, in press (2008).
   


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

Nanoletters:
1. 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).
   


2. 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).
   


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


4. Fullerene Coalescence in Nanopeapods: A Path to Novel Tubular Carbon: E. Hernández, V. 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).
   


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

ACS Nano:
1. 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 XX, XXX (2008).
   


2. 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).

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Other:

1. Amara, H; Latil, S; Meunier, V; et al. : Scanning tunneling microscopy fingerprints of point defects in graphene: A theoretical prediction
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 76 (11): Art. No. 115423 SEP 2007

2. Fuentes-Cabrera, M; Meunier, V; Sumpter, BG : Benzo-homologated nucleobases in a nanotube-electrode set-up for DNA sequencing
NANOTECHNOLOGY, 18 (42): Art. No. 424019 OCT 24 2007

3. Meunier, V; Sumpter, BG : Tuning the conductance of carbon nanotubes with encapsulated molecules
NANOTECHNOLOGY, 18 (42): Art. No. 424032 OCT 24 2007

4. Sumpter, BG; Meunier, V; Vazquez-Mayagoitia, A; et al. : Investigation of the nanoscale self-assembly of donor-sigma-acceptor molecules
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUANTUM CHEMISTRY, 107 (12): 2233-2242 OCT 2007

5. Drummond, ML; Meunier, V; Sumpter, BG : Structure and stability of small boron and boron oxide clusters
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A, 111 (28): 6539-6551 JUL 19 2007

6. Park, KT; Pan, M; Meunier, V; et al. : Reoxidation of TiO2(110) via Ti interstitials and line defects
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 75 (24): Art. No. 245415 JUN 2007

7. Bernholc, J; Lu, W; Nakhmanson, SM; et al. : Atomic scale design of nanostructures
MOLECULAR PHYSICS, 105 (2-3): 147-156 JAN-FEB 2007

8. Meunier, V; Lu, WC; Sumpter, BG; et al. : Density functional theory studies of quantum transport in molecular systems
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUANTUM CHEMISTRY, 106 (15): 3334-3342 Sp. Iss. SI DEC 2006

9. Zhou, J; Dag, S; Senanayake, SD; et al. : Adsorption, desorption, and dissociation of benzene on TiO2(110) and Pd/TiO2(110): Experimental characterization and first-principles calculations
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 74 (12): Art. No. 125318 SEP 2006

10. Rodriguez, BJ; Jesse, S; Meunier, V; et al. : Scanning frequency mixing microscopy of high-frequency transport behavior at electroactive interfaces
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 88 (14): Art. No. 143128 APR 3 2006

11. Meunier, V; Sumpter, BG : Amphoteric doping of carbon nanotubes by encapsulation of organic molecules: Electronic properties and quantum conductance
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 123 (2): Art. No. 024705 JUL 8 2005

12. Biro, LP; Mark, GI; Koos, AA; et al. : Regularly curved carbon nanotubes
FULLERENES NANOTUBES AND CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES, 13: 523-533 Suppl. 1 2005

13. Bernholc, J; Nakhmanson, SM; Nardelli, MB; et al. : Understanding and enhancing polarization in complex materials
COMPUTING IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, 6 (6): 12-21 NOV-DEC 2004

14. Shin, J; Meunier, V; Baddorf, AP; et al. : Nonlinear transport imaging by scanning impedance microscopy
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 85 (18): 4240-4242 NOV 1 2004

15. Meunier, V; Lambin, P : Scanning tunnelling microscopy of carbon nanotubes
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES, 362 (1823): 2187-2203 OCT 15 2004

16. Lambin, P; Mark, GI; Meunier, V; et al. : Computation of STM images of carbon nanotubes
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUANTUM CHEMISTRY, 95 (4-5): 493-503 NOV-DEC 2003

17. Meunier, V; Nardelli, MB; Bernholc, J; et al. : Response to "Comment on 'Intrinsic electron transport properties of carbon nanotube Y junctions' " [Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 1674 (2003)]
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 83 (8): 1676-1677 AUG 25 2003

18. Nakhmanson, SM; Calzolari, A; Meunier, V; et al. : Spontaneous polarization and piezoelectricity in boron nitride nanotubes
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 67 (23): Art. No. 235406 JUN 15 2003

19. Meunier, V; Nardelli, MB; Bernholc, J; et al. : Intrinsic electron transport properties of carbon nanotube Y-junctions
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 81 (27): 5234-5236 DEC 30 2002

20. Bernholc, J; Brenner, D; Nardelli, MB; et al. : Mechanical and electrical properties of nanotubes
ANNUAL REVIEW OF MATERIALS RESEARCH, 32: 347-375 2002

21. Oh, J; Meunier, V; Ham, H; et al. : Single electron tunneling of nanoscale TiSi2 islands on Si
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 92 (6): 3332-3337 SEP 15 2002

22. Roland, C; Meunier, V; Larade, B; et al. : Charge transport through small silicon clusters
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 66 (3): Art. No. 035332 JUL 15 2002

23. Simonis, P; Goffaux, C; Thiry, PA; et al. : STM study of a grain boundary in graphite
SURFACE SCIENCE, 511 (1-3): 319-322 JUN 10 2002

24. Meunier, V; Roland, C; Bernholc, J; et al. : Electronic and field emission properties of boron nitride/carbon nanotube superlattices
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 81 (1): 46-48 JUL 1 2002

25. Meunier, V; Nardelli, MB; Roland, C; et al. : Structural and electronic properties of carbon nanotube tapers
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 64 (19): Art. No. 195419 NOV 15 2001

26. Lambin, P; Meunier, V; Rubio, A : Electronic structure of polychiral carbon nanotubes
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 62 (8): 5129-5135 AUG 15 2000

27. Lambin, P; Meunier, V; Henrard, L; et al. : Measuring the helicity of carbon nanotubes
CARBON, 38 (11-12): 1713-1721 2000

28. Meunier, V; Lambin, P : Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy of topological defects in carbon nanotubes
CARBON, 38 (11-12): 1729-1733 2000

29. Adessi, C; Devel, M; Binh, VT; et al. : Influence of structural defects on Fresnel projection microscope images of carbon nanotubes: Implications for the characterization of nanoscale devices
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 61 (20): 13385-13388 MAY 15 2000

30. Venema, LC; Meunier, V; Lambin, P; et al. : Atomic structure of carbon nanotubes from scanning tunneling microscopy
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 61 (4): 2991-2996 JAN 15 2000

31. Meunier, V; Lambin, P : Structural properties of carbon nanotube junctions
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 77 (9): 667-675 SEP 1999

32. Meunier, V; Senet, P; Lambin, P : Scanning tunneling spectroscopy signature of finite-size and connected nanotubes: A tight-binding study
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 60 (11): 7792-7795 SEP 15 1999

33. Humbert, C; Buck, M; Calderone, A; et al. : In situ monitoring of the self-assembly of p-nitroanilino terminated thiol on gold: a study by IR-vis sum-frequency generation spectroscopy
PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI A-APPLIED RESEARCH, 175 (1): 129-136 SEP 16 1999

34. Lambin, P; Meunier, V : Structural properties of junctions between two carbon nanotubes
APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING, 68 (3): 263-266 MAR 1999

35. Lambin, P; Meunier, V; Biro, LP : Elastic deformation of a carbon nanotube adsorbed on a stepped surface
CARBON, 36 (5-6): 701-704 1998

36. Meunier, V; Lambin, P; Lucas, AA : Atomic and electronic structures of large and small carbon tori
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 57 (23): 14886-14890 JUN 15 1998

37. Meunier, V; Henrard, L; Lambin, P : Energetics of bent carbon nanotubes
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 57 (4): 2586-2591 JAN 15 1998

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