Frank Fradin

Senior Physicist

Materials Science Division; Bldg. 223
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Ave.
Argonne, IL 60439

phone: 630-252-8086
fax: 630-252-9595
email: ffradin@anl.gov

Education

• 1963: Mass. Inst. Of Tech., Cambridge, Mass; Sc.B.; Materials Science
• 1967: University of IL, Urbana, IL; Ph.D.; Metallurgy & Physics

Research and Professional Experience

9/62-6/63: Undergraduate research in diffusion in metals with Dr. Morris Cohen, MIT
6/64-9/67: Research assistant in the Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, with Profs. C. P. Slichter and T. J. Rowland
9/67-9/70: Assistant Scientist, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
9/69-5/70: Visiting Associate Professor (part-time), Department of Physics, Northern Ill. University
9/70-5/70: Visiting Professor (part-time), Materials Science Department, Northwestern University
9/70-9/77: Scientist, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
9/71-9/77: Group Leader, Alloy Properties Group, Materials Science Div., Argonne National Laboratory
9/77-5/78: Visiting Professor (part-time), Physics Department, Northern Illinois University
9/77-10/84: Assoc. Division Director, Materials Science Div., Argonne National Laboratory
9/77-8/87: Senior Scientist, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
1980-1988 Visiting Professor (part-time), Physics Department, Northern Illinois University
10/84-8/87: Division Director, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
8/87-10/02: Assoc. Laboratory Director for Physical Sciences, Argonne National Laboratory
7/98-7/99: Interim Laboratory Director, Argonne National Laboratory
10/02-present: Senior Physicist, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory

Recent Publications

1. “Placement of Epitaxial Magnetic Co Dots on Ru(0001) via Substrate Modifications”, Dongqi Li, Ruihua Cheng, Chengtao Yu, J. Pearson, F. Y. Fradin, and S.D. Bader, J. Appl. Phys 95, 6663 (2004).
2. “Self-Assembled Epitaxial Magnetic Lateral Structures on Ruthenium: Controlling the Shape and Placement”, Ruihua Cheng, J. Pearson, Haifeng Ding, Vitali Metlushko, S.D. Bader, F.Y. Fradin, and Dongqi Li, Phys Rev. B69, 184409 (2004).
3.Step-Decorated Ferromagnetic Fe Nanostripes on Pt(997)
R. Cheng, K. Yu. Guslienko, F. Y. Fradin, J. E. Pearson, H. F. Ding, D. Li, S. D. Bader
Phys. Rev. B 72, 014409 (2005)
4.Selective Growth of Co Nanoislands on an Oxygen-Patterned Ru(0001) Surface
H. F. Ding, A. K. Schmid (Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab., California), D. J. Keavney (ANL-APS), D. Li, R. Cheng, J. Pearson, F. Y. Fradin, S. D. Bader
Phys. Rev. B 72, 035413 (2005)
5.Magnetic Vortex Resonance in Patterned Ferromagnetic Dots
V. Novosad, F. Y. Fradin, P. E. Roy, K. Buchanan, K. Yu. Guslienko, S. D. Bader
Phys. Rev. B 72, 024455 (2005)

Professional Society Memberships

• Fellow-APS
• AAAS
• MRS

Research Interests

• Nanomagnetism
• Quantum Computing with Electron Spins.