Frederick Charles Frank
Sir Frederick Charles Frank, OBE, FRS (6 March 1911 – 5 April 1998) was a British theoretical physicist. He is best known for his work on crystal dislocations, including (with Thornton Read) the idea of the Frank–Read source of dislocations. He also proposed the cyclol reaction in the mid-1930s, and made many other contributions to solid-state physics, geophysics, and the theory of liquid crystals.
Frederick Charles Frank | |
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| Born | 6 March 1911 Durban, South Africa |
| Died | 5 April 1998 (aged 87) |
| Alma mater | Lincoln College, Oxford (B.A., 1932; B.Sc., 1933; Ph.D, 1937) |
| Known for | Cyclol hypothesis Disclination Muon-catalyzed fusion Screw disclocation Burton–Cabrera–Frank model Frank partial dislocations Frank's constant Frank free energy Frank–Kasper phases Frank–Read source Frank–Van der Merwe growth |
| Awards | Copley Medal (1994) Guthrie Medal (1982) Gregori Aminoff Prize (1981) Bakerian Medal (1973) Griffith Medal (1967) Holweck Medal (1963) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physics |
| Institutions | University of Bristol |
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