Hartmut Löwen

Hartmut Löwen (born May 23, 1963, in Hamm) is a German physicist working in the field of statistical mechanics and soft matter physics.

Career

Hartmut Löwen studied physics, mathematics and chemistry at the Technical University of Dortmund from 1982, where he graduated in physics in 1986 and obtained his doctorate in 1987 on phase transitions in Polaron systems with Bernd Gerlach. He partially pointed out together with Gerlach the non-existence of phase transitions for many phonon systems and especially polaron systems,[1][2] in contrast to that what was previously expected. Löwen then worked as a Post-Doc at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, where he completed his habilitation in 1993 with Herbert Wagner. In 1990/91 he was at the École normale supérieure de Lyon with Jean-Pierre Hansen. Since 1995 he has been a full professor at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. He has also been visiting professor at the University of Cambridge and the Sapienza University of Rome in Rome.[3]

Research

Löwen's fields of research include statistical physics colloidal suspensions, polymer physics, physics of self-propelled active particles and swimming micro-organisms,[4] physics of biological macromolecules such as proteins and DNA, Glass transition, melting processes and crystal growth, liquid crystals, density functional theory, polaron systems.[5]

In 1994, he received a Heisenberg grant and the Gerhard Hess Prize[6] of the German Research Foundation (DFG). In 2003 he received the Gentner-Kastler-Preis[7] of the German Physical Society.

Notable publications

  • Bechinger, Clemens; Di Leonardo, Roberto; Löwen, Hartmut; Reichhardt, Charles; Volpe, Giorgio; Volpe, Giovanni (23 November 2016). "Active Particles in Complex and Crowded Environments". Reviews of Modern Physics. 88 (4): 045006. arXiv:1602.00081. Bibcode:2016RvMP...88d5006B. doi:10.1103/revmodphys.88.045006. ISSN 0034-6861. S2CID 14940249. According to Google Scholar, it has been cited 2291 times.[8]
  • Buttinoni, Ivo; Bialké, Julian; Kümmel, Felix; Löwen, Hartmut; Bechinger, Clemens; Speck, Thomas (5 June 2013). "Dynamical Clustering and Phase Separation in Suspensions of Self-Propelled Colloidal Particles". Physical Review Letters. 110 (23): 238301. arXiv:1305.4185. Bibcode:2013PhRvL.110w8301B. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.110.238301. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 25167534. S2CID 17127522. According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 1115 times [8]
  • Wensink, H. H.; Dunkel, J.; Heidenreich, S.; Drescher, K.; Goldstein, R. E.; Lowen, H.; Yeomans, J. M. (20 August 2012). "Meso-scale turbulence in living fluids". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109 (36): 14308–14313. arXiv:1208.4239. Bibcode:2012PNAS..10914308W. doi:10.1073/pnas.1202032109. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 3437854. PMID 22908244. According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 985 times[8]
  • Löwen, Hartmut (1994). "Melting, freezing and colloidal suspensions". Physics Reports. 237 (5). Elsevier BV: 249–324. Bibcode:1994PhR...237..249L. doi:10.1016/0370-1573(94)90017-5. ISSN 0370-1573. According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 685 times[8]
  • Likos, C. N.; Löwen, H.; Watzlawek, M.; Abbas, B.; Jucknischke, O.; Allgaier, J.; Richter, D. (18 May 1998). "Star Polymers Viewed as Ultrasoft Colloidal Particles". Physical Review Letters. 80 (20). American Physical Society (APS): 4450–4453. Bibcode:1998PhRvL..80.4450L. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.80.4450. ISSN 0031-9007. According to Google Scholar, this article has been cited 567 times[8]

References

  1. ^ Gerlach, B; Löwen, H (1 June 1988). "Proof of the nonexistence of formal phase transitions in polaron systems, exposed to a homogeneous magnetic field". Physica Scripta. 37 (6). IOP Publishing: 925–929. Bibcode:1988PhyS...37..925G. doi:10.1088/0031-8949/37/6/017. ISSN 0031-8949.
  2. ^ Gerlach, B.; Löwen, H. (15 March 1987). "Proof of the nonexistence of (formal) phase transitions in polaron systems. I". Physical Review B. 35 (9). American Physical Society (APS): 4291–4296. Bibcode:1987PhRvB..35.4291G. doi:10.1103/physrevb.35.4291. ISSN 0163-1829. PMID 9941978.
  3. ^ "Curriculum Vitae". Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  4. ^ Bechinger, Clemens; Di Leonardo, Roberto; Löwen, Hartmut; Reichhardt, Charles; Volpe, Giorgio; Volpe, Giovanni (23 November 2016). "Active Particles in Complex and Crowded Environments". Reviews of Modern Physics. 88 (4): 045006. arXiv:1602.00081. Bibcode:2016RvMP...88d5006B. doi:10.1103/revmodphys.88.045006. ISSN 0034-6861. S2CID 14940249.
  5. ^ Gerlach, B.; Löwen, H. (1 January 1991). "Analytical properties of polaron systems or: Do polaronic phase transitions exist or not?". Reviews of Modern Physics. 63 (1). American Physical Society (APS): 63–90. Bibcode:1991RvMP...63...63G. doi:10.1103/revmodphys.63.63. ISSN 0034-6861.
  6. ^ "Recipients of the Gerhard Hess Prize of the DFG". Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Recipients of the Gentner-Kastler-Preis of the DPG". Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  8. ^ a b c d e Hartmut Löwen publications indexed by Google Scholar