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Thorne, Robert Edward
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- Professor, Physics (PHYS), College of Arts and Sciences
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Affiliations
other Cornell affiliations
member of
- David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future (ACSF) Faculty Fellow
Research
research overview
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- Electronic and structural properties of quasi-one-dimensional metals
- Collective transport and nonlinear dynamics of charge-density waves
- Fundamental issues in organic optoelectronics
- Solution phase behavior
- Aggregation/self assembly/crystallization and disorder of biological macromolecules relevant to structural genomics and biological structure formation
principal investigator on
- APPLICATION OF X-RAY FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY TO RECOVER ANCIENT INSCRIPTIONS awarded by SAMUEL H. KRESS FOUNDATION 2005 - 2012
- MICROPOWDER BIOMASS COMBUSTION: A LOCAL, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOLUTION FOR UPSTATE NY awarded by NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY 2011 - 2014
- NANOSCALE AND COLLECTIVE PHYSICS OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL CONDUCTORS awarded by NATL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 2008 - 2013
- TOOLS FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT MACROMOLECULAR CRYSTALLOGRAPHY: PHASE II awarded by NATL INST OF HEALTH DHHS 2011 - 2013
co-principal investigator on
Publications
individual publications
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academic article
- Critical Droplet Theory Explains the Glass Formability of Aqueous Solutions. Physical Review Letters. 110. 2013
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conference paper
- Demonstration of Resonant Enhancement of X-ray Scattering from CDW States. APS March Meeting 2004. 2004
- X-ray Correlation Spectroscopy Investigations of the Charge-density Wave Depinning Transition in pure NbSe3. American Physical Society March Meeting 2004. 2004
selected publications listing
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"Hyperquenching for Protein Crystallography," M. Warkentin, V. Berejnov, and R. E. Thorne, J. Appl. Cryst. (in press).
"Quantifying X-ray radiation damage in protein crystals at cryogenic temperatures," J. Kmetko, N. S. Husseini, M. Naides, Y. Kalinin and R. E. Thorne, Acta Cryst. D 62, 1030-1038 (2006).
"In-chain tunneling through charge-density-wave nanoconstrictions and break junctions," K. O'Neill, E. Slot, R. E. Thorne and H. S. J. van der Zant, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 096402 (2006).
"Effects of cryoprotectant concentration and cooling rate on vitrification of aqueous solutions," V. Berejnov, N. S. Husseini, O. A., Alsaied and R . E. Thorne, J. Appl. Cryst. 39, 244-251 (2006).
"Shear modulus and plasticity of a driven charge density wave," A. F. Isakovic, P. G. Evans, J. Kmetko, K. Cicak, Z. Cai, B. Lai and R. E. Thorne, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 046401 (2006).
"X-ray fluorescence recovers writing from ancient inscriptions," J. Powers, N. Dimitrova, R. Huang, D.-M. Smilgies, D. H. Bilderback, K. Clinton, and R. E. Thorne, Zeitschrift f�r Papyrologie und Epigraphik 152, 221-227 (2005).
"A history of the I-V characteristic of CDW conductors," R. E. Thorne, J. Phys. IV 131, 89-94 (2005).
"Transverse correlations and plasticity in the CDW conductor NbSe3 studied by X-ray microbeam diffraction," A. F. Isakovic, P. G. Evans, Z. Cai, B. Lai, J. Kmetko, K. Cicak and R. E. Thorne, J. Phys. IV 131, 139-142 (2005).
"Electrical transport through constrictions in the charge-density wave conductor NbSe3," K. O'Neill, E. Slot, R. Thorne and H. van der Zant, J. Phys. IV 131, 221-222 (2005).
"Enhancing drop stability in protein crystallization by chemical patterning," V. Berejnov and R. E. Thorne, Acta Cryst. D 61, 1563-1567 (2005).
"Crystal growth in X-ray-transparent plastic tubing: an alternative for high-throughput applications," Y. Kalinin and R. E. Thorne, Acta Cryst. D 61, 1528-1532 (2005).
"A new sample mounting technique for room-temperature macromolecular crystallography," Y. Kalinin, J. Kmetko, A. Bartnik, A. Stewart, R. Gillilan, E. Lobkovsky and R. E. Thorne, J. Appl. Cryst. 38, 333-339 (2005).
"Growth and disorder of macromolecular crystals: insights from atomic force microscopy and X-ray diffraction studies," A. J. Malkin and R. E. Thorne, Methods 34, 273-299 (2004).
"Measurement of the shear strength of a charge density wave," K. O'Neill, K. Cicak and R. E. Thorne, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 066601 (2004).
"Optical investigation of the charge-density-wave phase transitions in NbSe3," A. Perucchi, L. Degiorgi and R. E. Thorne, Phys. Rev. B 69, 195114 (2004).
"Tunneling spectroscopy in the charge-density wave conductor NbSe3," E. Slot, K. O'Neill, H. S. J. van der Zant and R. E. Thorne, J. Phys. IV 114, 135-136 (2004).
"A new crystal mounting method for macromolecular cryocrystallography," Z. Stum, J. Kmetko, K. O'Neill, R. Gillilan, A. Bartnik and R . E. Thorne, Synch. Rad. News 17, 31-32 (2004).
"Crossover from 2-dimensional to 1-dimensional collective pinning in NbSe3," E. Slot, H. S. J. van der Zant, K. M. O'Neill and R. E. Thorne,Phys. Rev. B 69, 073105 (2004).
"Microfabricated Mounts for Microcrystal Cryocrystallography," R. E. Thorne, Z. Stum, J. Kmetko and K. O'Neill, J. Appl. Cryst. 36, 1455-1460 (2003)
"Sound Velocity and Elasticity of Tetragonal Lysozyme Crystals by Brillouin Spectroscopy," S. Speziale, C. L. Caylor, S. Kriminski, C.-S. Zha, R. E. Thorne and T. S. Duffy, Biophys. J. 85, 3202-3213 (2003).
"Unusual Spectral Behavior of Charge-Density Waves with Imperfect Nesting in a Quasi-One-Dimensional Metal," J. Sch�fer, M. Sing, R. Claessen, Eli Rotenberg, X. J. Zhou, R. E. Thorne, and S. D. Kevan, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 066401 (2003).
"Comment on "Motional Ordering of a Charge-Density Wave in the Sliding State", R. E. Thorne, J. D. Brock and M. Sutton, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 049703 (2003).
"Heat Transfer from Protein Crystals: Implications for Flash Cooling and X-ray Beam Heating," S. Kriminski, M. Kazmierczak and R. E. Thorne, Acta Crystallographica D 59,697-708 (2003).
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Teaching
teaching activities
- PHYS-1112: Physics I: Mechanics & Heat - Spring 2013
- PHYS-4484: Teaching and Learning Physics - Spring 2013
- PHYS-4485: Teaching Experience I - Spring 2013
- PHYS-7684: Teaching and Learning Physics - Spring 2013
- PHYS-3341: Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics - Fall 2012
- PHYS-4484: Teaching and Learning Physics - Fall 2012
- PHYS-4485: Teaching Experience I - Fall 2012
- PHYS-4490: Independent Study in Physics - Fall 2012
- PHYS-7684: Teaching and Learning Physics - Fall 2012
- PHYS-4484: Teaching and Learning Physics - Spring 2012
- PHYS-4485: Teaching Experience I - Spring 2012
- PHYS-7684: Teaching and Learning Physics - Spring 2012
- PHYS-3341: Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics - Fall 2011
- PHYS-4484: Teaching and Learning Physics - Fall 2011
- PHYS-7684: Teaching and Learning Physics - Fall 2011
Background
educational background
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- B.Sc., University of Manitoba, 1981
- Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana, 1987
awards and distinctions listing
- Presidential Young Investigator, 1988-1993.