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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Statistical Physics, Soft Matter, Biological Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics,Experimental Condensed Matter Physics,Mechanics |
| Keywords | amorphous state, interface structure and thermodynamics, mechanical behavior, thin films, colloidal crystals and glasses |
| Honours and awards | 2020: Doctor honoris causa, ETH Zürich 2008: Fellow, Materials Research Society 2008: Member, National Academy of Engineering 2005: Heyn Medal, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde 2002: Robert Franklin Mehl Award, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society 1999: Humboldt Research Award for Senior Scientists 1996: Fellow, The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society 1989: Fellow, American Physical Society |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Cambridge |
| Institution | Harvard University |
| Institute | School of Engineering and Applied Sciences |
| Homepage | http://www.seas.harvard.edu/matsci/people/fspaepen/frans.html |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Dieter Herlach | Institut für Raumsimulation, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Köln |
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| Prof. Dr. Knut Urban | Institut für Festkörperforschung (IFF), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/06/2000 |
Programme(s)
| 1999 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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Publications (partial selection)
| 2007 | J.A. Kalb, M. Wuttig, F. Spaepen: Calorimetric measurements of structural relaxation and glass transition temperatures in sputtered films of amorphous Te alloys used for phase change recording. In: Journal of Materials Research, 2007, 748-754 |
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| 2007 | D. Holland-Moritz, D.M. Herlach, F. Spaepen: Crystal nucleation induced by magnetic ordering in undercooled melts. In: Superlattices and Microstructures, 2007, 196-203 |
| 2007 | P. Schall, D.A. Weitz, F. Spaepen: Structural rearrangements that govern flow in colloidal glasses. In: Science, 2007, 1895-1899 |
| 2006 | P. Schall, F. Spaepen: Dislocation imaging in f.c.c. colloidal single crystals. In: International Journal of Materials Research (Zeitschrift für Metallkunde), 2006, 958-962 |
| 2006 | P. Schall, I. Cohen, D.A. Weitz, F. Spaepen: Dynamics of dislocations in thin colloidal crystals. In: T.J. Huang, P.M. Anderson, M.-K. Wu, S. Hsieh Nanomechanics of Materials and Structures, . Springer, 2006. 255-261 |
| 2006 | P. Schall, I. Cohen. D.A. Weitz, F. Spaepen: Visualising dislocation nucleation by indenting colloidal crystals. In: Nature, 2006, 319-323 |
| 2005 | M. Heggen, F. Spaepen and M. Feuerbacher: Creation and annihilation of free volume during homogeneous flow of a metallic glass. In: Journal of Applied Physics, 2005, 033506 1-033506 8 |
| 2005 | J. Kalb, C.Y. Wen, F. Spaepen, H. Dieker, M. Wuttig: Crystal morphology and nucleation in thin films of amorphous Te alloys used for phase change recording. In: Journal of Applied Physics, 2005, 054902 |
| 2005 | J. Kalb, F. Spaepen, M. Wuttig,: Kinetics of crystal nucleation in undercooled droplets of Sb and Te based alloys used for phase change recording. In: Journal of Applied Physics, 2005, 054910 |
| 2004 | J. Kalb, F. Spaepen and M. Wuttig: Atomic force microscopy measurements of crystal nucleation and growth rates in thin films of amorphous Te alloys. In: Applied Physics Letters, 2004, 5240-5242 |
| 2004 | M. Heggen, F. Spaepen and M. Feuerbacher: Plastic deformation of Pd41Ni-10Cu29P20 bulk metallic glass. In: Materials Science and Engineering A, 2004, 1186-1190 |
| 2004 | D. Holland-Moritz and F. Spaepen: The magnetic contribution to the driving force for crystal nucleation in undercooled Co-Pd melts. In: Philosophical Magazine, 2004, 957-966 |
| 2004 | P. Schall, I. Cohen, D.A. Weitz and F. Spaepen: Visualization of dislocation dynamics in colloidal crystals. In: Science, 2004, 1944-1948 |
| 2003 | J. Kalb, F. Spaepen and M. Wuttig: Calorimetric measurements of phase transformations in thin films of amorphous Te alloys used for optical data storage. In: Journal of Applied Physics, 2003, 2389-2393 |
| 2003 | Spaepen, F., Kalb, J., Wuttig, M.: Calorimetric measurements of phase transformations in thin films of amorphous Te alloys used for optical data storage.. In: Journal of Applied Physics, 2003, 2389-2393 |
| 2001 | T. Pedersen, J. Kalb, W. Nojoroge, D. Wamwangi, M. Wuttig and F. Spaepen: Mechanical stresses upon crystallization in phase change materials. In: Applied Physics Letters, 2001, 3597-3599 |