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
Sir Frederick Charles Frank, OBE, FRS[1] (6 March 1911 – 5 April 1998) was a British theoretical physicist.[2] 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,[3] and made many other contributions to solid-state physics, geophysics, and the theory of liquid crystals.
^Nabarro, F. R. N.; Nye, J. F. (2000). "Sir (Frederick) Charles Frank, O.B.E. 6 March 1911 – 5 April 1998: Elected F.R.S. 1954". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 46: 177. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0079. S2CID 71313452.
^"The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68884. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Frank, F. C. (1936). "Energy of Formation of 'Cyclol' Molecules". Nature. 138 (3484): 242. Bibcode:1936Natur.138..242F. doi:10.1038/138242a0. S2CID 4065283.
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