Veronica Barone

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Physics

Research Interests

  • Electronic structure calculations based on density functional theory.
  • Molecular modeling of nanoscale materials for applications in energy storage, molecular magnetism, electronic devices, drug delivery, and characterization methods.

News

  • Our paper "Lithium adsorption on zigzag graphene nanoribbons" accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Physics.

  • Our work in Graphene Nanoribbons made it as Core Papers in the area (Check: Barone 2006, Hod 2007, and Hod 2008).

    Link to Science Watch

  • Thank you ACS PRF for the Undergraduate New Investigator grant award!

  • Our paper "Magnetic exchange couplings from noncollinear spin density functional perturbation theory" published in J. Chem. Phys.

    Magnetic exchange couplings can be evaluated in a perturbative fashion. Link to Article

  • Our paper "Magnetic Boron Nitride Nanoribbons with Tunable Electronic Properties" published in Nano Letters.

    Spin chains could be observed in boron nitride nanoribbons with bare edges. Link to Article

  • Our paper "Electronic Structure and Stability of Semiconducting Graphene Nanoribbons " a key paper in the Research Front Map on graphene nanoribbons.

    Link to Science Watch