Prof. Dr. Frans A. Spaepen

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietStatistische Physik, Nichtlineare Dynamik, Komplexe Systeme, Weiche und fluide Materie, Biologische Physik,Experimentelle Physik der Kondensierten Materie,Mechanik
Keywordsamorphous state, interface structure and thermodynamics, mechanical behavior, thin films, colloidal crystals and glasses
Auszeichnungen

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

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandUSA
OrtCambridge
Universität/InstitutionHarvard University
Institut/AbteilungSchool of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Websitehttp://www.seas.harvard.edu/matsci/people/fspaepen/frans.html

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Dieter HerlachInstitut für Raumsimulation, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Köln
Prof. Dr. Knut UrbanInstitut für Festkörperforschung (IFF), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.06.2000

Programm(e)

1999Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Naturwissenschaftler*innen aus den USA

Publikationen (Auswahl)

2007J.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
2007D. Holland-Moritz, D.M. Herlach, F. Spaepen: Crystal nucleation induced by magnetic ordering in undercooled melts. In: Superlattices and Microstructures, 2007, 196-203
2007P. Schall, D.A. Weitz, F. Spaepen: Structural rearrangements that govern flow in colloidal glasses. In: Science, 2007, 1895-1899
2006P. Schall, F. Spaepen: Dislocation imaging in f.c.c. colloidal single crystals. In: International Journal of Materials Research (Zeitschrift für Metallkunde), 2006, 958-962
2006P. 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
2006P. Schall, I. Cohen. D.A. Weitz, F. Spaepen: Visualising dislocation nucleation by indenting colloidal crystals. In: Nature, 2006, 319-323
2005M. 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
2005J. 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
2005J. 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
2004J. 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
2004M. Heggen, F. Spaepen and M. Feuerbacher: Plastic deformation of Pd41Ni-10Cu29P20 bulk metallic glass. In: Materials Science and Engineering A, 2004, 1186-1190
2004D. 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
2004P. Schall, I. Cohen, D.A. Weitz and F. Spaepen: Visualization of dislocation dynamics in colloidal crystals. In: Science, 2004, 1944-1948
2003J. 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
2003Spaepen, 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
2001T. 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