F. Spaepen

21.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
246 papers, 17.1k citations indexed

About

F. Spaepen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, F. Spaepen has authored 246 papers receiving a total of 17.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Materials Chemistry, 89 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 53 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in F. Spaepen's work include Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (77 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (74 papers) and Glass properties and applications (34 papers). F. Spaepen is often cited by papers focused on Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (77 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (74 papers) and Glass properties and applications (34 papers). F. Spaepen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. F. Spaepen's co-authors include Carl V. Thompson, David A. Weitz, David Turnbull, Alan Taub, Li–Chyong Chen, Haibo Huang, Peter Schall, D. C. Jacobson, J. M. Poate and J. Kalb and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

F. Spaepen

241 papers receiving 16.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A microscopic mechanism for steady state inhomogeneous flow in metallic glasses

1977 2.5k citations F. Spaepen profile →
Tensile testing of free-standing Cu, Ag and Al thin films and Ag/Cu multilayers

2000 518 citations F. Spaepen et al. profile →
Structural Rearrangements That Govern Flow in Colloidal Glasses

2007 464 citations Peter Schall, David A. Weitz et al. Science profile →
Research opportunities on clusters and cluster-assembled materials—A Department of Energy, Council on Materials Science Panel Report

1989 428 citations R. P. Andres, R. S. Averback et al. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources profile →
Strain localization in amorphous metals

1982 419 citations F. Spaepen et al. profile →
On the approximation of the free energy change on crystallization

1979 375 citations F. Spaepen et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
F. Spaepen	10.8k	8.6k	3.3k	3.2k	2.2k	246	17.1k
David Turnbull	13.3k 1.2×	10.6k 1.2×	4.3k 1.3×	2.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	185	21.4k
H. Gleiter	21.9k 2.0×	15.4k 1.8×	2.5k 0.8×	3.3k 1.0×	5.9k 2.7×	347	28.9k
A.L. Greer	13.3k 1.2×	18.3k 2.1×	5.4k 1.6×	1.5k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	384	23.0k
Christopher A. Schuh	14.8k 1.4×	16.5k 1.9×	3.2k 1.0×	2.1k 0.6×	5.6k 2.6×	344	23.8k
Simon R. Phillpot	20.8k 1.9×	7.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.4×	4.0k 1.2×	4.0k 1.9×	355	28.0k
X. Zhang	13.9k 1.3×	8.4k 1.0×	1000 0.3×	2.0k 0.6×	4.4k 2.0×	461	18.5k
David J. Srolovitz	21.0k 1.9×	10.7k 1.2×	1.5k 0.4×	4.0k 1.2×	6.7k 3.1×	514	30.5k
Gregory S. Rohrer	10.1k 0.9×	5.5k 0.6×	830 0.2×	2.5k 0.8×	2.1k 1.0×	332	14.3k
Alexander Stukowski	13.3k 1.2×	8.3k 1.0×	1.0k 0.3×	1.9k 0.6×	4.3k 2.0×	55	19.2k
Karsten Albe	10.3k 1.0×	4.1k 0.5×	772 0.2×	4.5k 1.4×	1.7k 0.8×	238	13.9k

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Erkamp, Nadia A., Daoyuan Qian, Tomas Šneideris, et al.. (2024). Biomolecular condensates with complex architectures via controlled nucleation. TU/e Research Portal. 1(6). 430–439. 24 indexed citations

Svetlizky, Ilya, Robert C. Viesca, Shmuel M. Rubinstein, et al.. (2024). Propagation of extended fractures by local nucleation and rapid transverse expansion of crack-front distortion. Nature Physics. 20(4). 660–665. 11 indexed citations

Svetlizky, Ilya, et al.. (2024). Work hardening in colloidal crystals. Nature. 630(8017). 648–653. 9 indexed citations

Svetlizky, Ilya, et al.. (2023). Dislocation interactions during plastic relaxation of epitaxial colloidal crystals. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5760–5760. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Zizhao, et al.. (2022). Correlation Tracking: Using simulations to interpolate highly correlated particle tracks. Physical review. E. 105(4). 44608–44608. 1 indexed citations

Sprakel, Joris, Alessio Zaccone, F. Spaepen, Peter Schall, & David A. Weitz. (2017). Direct Observation of Entropic Stabilization of bcc Crystals Near Melting. Physical Review Letters. 118(8). 88003–88003. 29 indexed citations

Maire, Éric, et al.. (2016). Imaging grain boundary grooves in hard-sphere colloidal bicrystals. Physical review. E. 94(4). 42604–42604. 8 indexed citations

Spaepen, F., et al.. (2015). Anisotropic elasticity of experimental colloidal Wigner crystals. Physical Review E. 91(3). 32310–32310. 16 indexed citations

Jensen, Katharine E., David A. Weitz, & F. Spaepen. (2014). Local shear transformations in deformed and quiescent hard-sphere colloidal glasses. Physical Review E. 90(4). 42305–42305. 75 indexed citations

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Weitz, David A., et al.. (2010). Stiffness of the crystal-liquid interface in a hard-sphere colloidal system measured from capillary fluctuations. Physical Review E. 82(4). 41603–41603. 19 indexed citations

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Jensen, Katharine E., et al.. (2009). Experimental observation of the crystallization of hard-sphere colloidal particles by sedimentation onto flat and patterned surfaces. Physical Review E. 79(1). 11403–11403. 25 indexed citations

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Schall, Peter, David A. Weitz, & F. Spaepen. (2007). Structural Rearrangements That Govern Flow in Colloidal Glasses. Science. 318(5858). 1895–1899. 464 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pozdnyakova, I., Louis Hennet, Gerhard Mathiak, et al.. (2006). Structural properties of molten dilute aluminium–transition metal alloys. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 18(28). 6469–6480. 3 indexed citations

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Josell, D. & F. Spaepen. (1999). Surfaces, Interfaces, and Changing Shapes in Multilayered Films. MRS Bulletin. 24(2). 39–43. 39 indexed citations

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Spaepen, F., et al.. (1994). In Situ Study of Stresses in Ag/Cu Thin Film Multilayers During Deposition. MRS Proceedings. 356. 4 indexed citations

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Theiss, Steven D., et al.. (1993). Interdiffusion of Amorphous Si/Ge Multilayers Under Hydrostatic Pressure. MRS Proceedings. 321. 2 indexed citations

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Custer, J. S., Michael O. Thompson, D. C. Jacobson, et al.. (1989). Density Measurements of Ion Implanted Amorphous Silicon. MRS Proceedings. 157. 11 indexed citations

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Andres, R. P., R. S. Averback, W. L. Brown, et al.. (1989). Research opportunities on clusters and cluster-assembled materials—A Department of Energy, Council on Materials Science Panel Report. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 4(3). 704–736. 428 indexed citations breakdown →

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Spaepen, F.. (1986). Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Metallic Alloy Formation by Picosecond Pulsed Laser Irradiation. High Temperature Materials and Processes. 7(2-3). 91–100. 6 indexed citations

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Spaepen, F. & Robert B. Meyer. (1976). The surface tension in a structural model for the solid-liquid interface. Scripta Metallurgica. 10(1). 37–43. 25 indexed citations

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