2026 Vincent H. Crespi: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	83	2323	2247	673	633	388	32028

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2007 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For creative ideas and innovative computations enhancing our understanding of nanoscale matter and predicting new structures and materials with properties possessing technological andor fundamental scientific value

Overview

Vincent H. Crespi is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Condensed Matter Physics.

The scientist's recent publications cover a variety of topics related to two-dimensional materials and nanoscale phenomena. Notable recent papers include:

Atomically thin half-van der Waals metals enabled by confinement heteroepitaxy (2020, Nature Materials)
Monolayer Vanadium-Doped Tungsten Disulfide: A Room-Temperature Dilute Magnetic Semiconductor (2020, Advanced Science)
Multiscale computational understanding and growth of 2D materials: a review (2020, npj Computational Materials)
Interface-mediated noble metal deposition on transition metal dichalcogenide nanostructures (2020, Nature Chemistry)
ZrTe2/CrTe2: an epitaxial van der Waals platform for spintronics (2022, Nature Communications)

The scientist's frequent research topics highlight their focus on emerging materials and phenomena, including:

2D Materials and Applications
Graphene research and applications
MXene and MAX Phase Materials
Perovskite Materials and Applications
Magnetic properties of thin films
Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
Topological Materials and Phenomena

Crespi has collaborated regularly with several researchers, with frequent co-authors including Yuanxi Wang, John V. Badding, Adri C. T. van Duin, Joshua A. Robinson, and Nasim Alem, indicating ongoing partnerships in their research endeavors.

The scientist has contributed extensively to academic literature, particularly in prominent publication venues. The most frequent venues for their work are:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Nano Letters
ACS Nano
Advanced Science
Journal of the American Chemical Society

In recognition of their contributions, Vincent H. Crespi has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019. Additionally, they hold the distinction of Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) since 2007, with citation highlighting creative ideas and innovative computations that advance the understanding of nanoscale matter and predict new structures and material properties.

Best Publications

Boron Nitride Nanotubes

Nasreen G. Chopra;R. J. Luyken;K. Cherrey;Vincent Henry Crespi

3753
Citations
Catalytic Nanomotors: Autonomous Movement of Striped Nanorods

Walter F. Paxton;Kevin C. Kistler;Christine C. Olmeda;Ayusman Sen

2351
Citations
Extraordinary room-temperature photoluminescence in triangular WS2 monolayers.

Humberto R. Gutiérrez;Nestor Perea-López;Ana Laura Elías;Ayse Berkdemir

1818
Citations
Identification of individual and few layers of WS2 using Raman Spectroscopy

Ayse Berkdemir;Humberto R. Gutiérrez;Humberto R. Gutiérrez;Andrés R. Botello-Méndez;Néstor Perea-López

1726
Citations
Extraordinary room-temperature photoluminescence in WS2 monolayers

Humberto R. Gutiérrez;Nestor Perea-López;Ana Laura Elías;Ayse Berkdemir

1618
Citations
Pure carbon nanoscale devices: Nanotube heterojunctions.

L. Chico;L. Chico;Vincent H. Crespi;Vincent H. Crespi;Lorin X. Benedict;Lorin X. Benedict;Steven G. Louie;Steven G. Louie

1202
Citations
Artificial ‘spin ice’ in a geometrically frustrated lattice of nanoscale ferromagnetic islands

R. F. Wang;C. Nisoli;R. S. Freitas;J. Li

1075
Citations
Fully collapsed carbon nanotubes

Nasreen G. Chopra;Lorin X. Benedict;Vincent Henry Crespi;Marvin L. Cohen

628
Citations
Microstructured Optical Fibers as High-Pressure Microfluidic Reactors

Pier J.A. Sazio;Adrian Amezcua-Correa;Chris E. Finlayson;John R. Hayes

597
Citations
Registry-dependent interlayer potential for graphitic systems

Aleksey N. Kolmogorov;Vincent H. Crespi

571
Citations
MICROSCOPIC DETERMINATION OF THE INTERLAYER BINDING ENERGY IN GRAPHITE

Lorin X Benedict;Nasreen G Chopra;Marvin L Cohen;A Zettl

510
Citations
Catalytic Motors for Transport of Colloidal Cargo

Shakuntala Sundararajan;Paul E. Lammert;Andrew W. Zudans;Vincent H. Crespi

431
Citations
Smoothest bearings: interlayer sliding in multiwalled carbon nanotubes

Aleksey N. Kolmogorov;Vincent H. Crespi

422
Citations
In Situ Band Gap Engineering of Carbon Nanotubes

Vincent H. Crespi;Marvin L. Cohen;Angel Rubio

378
Citations
Extraordinary Second Harmonic Generation in Tungsten Disulfide Monolayers

Corey Janisch;Yuanxi Wang;Ding Ma;Nikhil Mehta

371
Citations
Plastic Deformations of Carbon Nanotubes

Peihong Zhang;Paul E. Lammert;Vincent H. Crespi

352
Citations
Benzene-derived carbon nanothreads

Thomas C. Fitzgibbons;Malcolm Guthrie;En Shi Xu;Vincent H. Crespi

330
Citations
Optical identification of sulfur vacancies: Bound excitons at the edges of monolayer tungsten disulfide.

Victor Carozo;Yuanxi Wang;Kazunori Fujisawa;Bruno R. Carvalho;Bruno R. Carvalho

324
Citations
Prediction of a pure-carbon planar covalent metal.

Vincent H. Crespi;Lorin X. Benedict;Marvin L. Cohen;Steven G. Louie

322
Citations
Crystallites of magnetic charges in artificial spin ice

Sheng Zhang;Ian Gilbert;Cristiano Nisoli;Gia Wei Chern

309
Citations