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 Matthias Wuttig 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

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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 F. Spaepen et al. 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 →

Peers

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by F. Spaepen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of F. Spaepen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of F. Spaepen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of F. Spaepen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with F. Spaepen. F. Spaepen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Biomolecular condensates with complex architectures via controlled nucleation 2024 ·TU/e Research Portal ·Nadia A. Erkamp, (unknown), Daoyuan Qian, Tomas Šneideris, F. Spaepen, David A. Weitz, Jan C. M. van Hest, Tuomas P. J. Knowles	24
2	Work hardening in colloidal crystals 2024 ·Nature ·(unknown), Ilya Svetlizky, David A. Weitz, F. Spaepen	9
3	Propagation of extended fractures by local nucleation and rapid transverse expansion of crack-front distortion 2024 ·Nature Physics ·(unknown), Ilya Svetlizky, (unknown), Robert C. Viesca, Shmuel M. Rubinstein, F. Spaepen, Congcong Yuan, Marine Denolle, Yi‐Qiao Song, Lizhi Xiao, David A. Weitz	11
4	Dislocation interactions during plastic relaxation of epitaxial colloidal crystals 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Ilya Svetlizky, (unknown), David A. Weitz, F. Spaepen	4
5	Stiffness of the interface between a colloidal body-centered cubic crystal and its liquid 2020 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Hyerim Hwang, David A. Weitz, F. Spaepen	5
6	Direct Observation of Entropic Stabilization of bcc Crystals Near Melting 2017 ·Physical Review Letters ·Joris Sprakel, Alessio Zaccone, F. Spaepen, Peter Schall, David A. Weitz	29
7	Imaging grain boundary grooves in hard-sphere colloidal bicrystals 2016 ·Physical review. E ·Éric Maire, (unknown), (unknown), David A. Weitz, F. Spaepen	8
8	Anisotropic elasticity of experimental colloidal Wigner crystals 2015 ·Physical Review E ·(unknown), F. Spaepen, David A. Weitz	16
9	Local shear transformations in deformed and quiescent hard-sphere colloidal glasses 2014 ·Physical Review E ·Katharine E. Jensen, David A. Weitz, F. Spaepen	75
10	Rapid growth of large, defect-free colloidal crystals 2012 ·Soft Matter ·Katharine E. Jensen, Daniel J. Pennachio, Daniel Recht, David A. Weitz, F. Spaepen	43
11	Stiffness of the crystal-liquid interface in a hard-sphere colloidal system measured from capillary fluctuations 2010 ·Physical Review E ·(unknown), David A. Weitz, F. Spaepen	19
12	Structural Rearrangements That Govern Flow in Colloidal Glasses breakdown → 2007 ·Science ·Peter Schall, David A. Weitz, F. Spaepen	464
13	Structural properties of molten dilute aluminium–transition metal alloys 2006 ·Journal of Physics Condensed Matter ·I. Pozdnyakova, Louis Hennet, Gerhard Mathiak, Jürgen Brillo, Didier Zanghi, Jean-François Brun, (unknown), (unknown), Viviana Cristiglio, Emmanuel Véron, Guy Matzen, Guillaume Géandier, Dominique Thiaudière, S. C. Moss, F. Spaepen, I. Egry, David L. Price	3
14	Must shear bands be hot? 2006 ·Nature Materials ·F. Spaepen	99
15	Simple model for interface stresses with application to misfit dislocation generation in epitaxial thin films 2000 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·R. C. Cammarata, K. Sieradzki, F. Spaepen	99
16	Surfaces, Interfaces, and Changing Shapes in Multilayered Films 1999 ·MRS Bulletin ·D. Josell, F. Spaepen	39
17	The Crystal-Melt Interface in Si or Ge 1995 ·MRS Proceedings ·F. Spaepen, Yan Shao	1
18	Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Metallic Alloy Formation by Picosecond Pulsed Laser Irradiation 1986 ·High Temperature Materials and Processes ·F. Spaepen	6
19	Calorimetric studies of crystallization and relaxation of amorphous Si and Ge prepared by ion implantation 1985 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·E. P. Donovan, F. Spaepen, David Turnbull, J. M. Poate, D. C. Jacobson	356
20	Picosecond Transient Reflectance Measurements of Crystallization In Pure Metals 1985 ·MRS Proceedings ·Carolyn A. MacDonald, A. M. Malvezzi, F. Spaepen	4

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