Frédéric Caupin, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

Water Research Lab


A full list of communications including talks is available here
Below is the list of published papers, with a link to the pdf and/or publisher's page


    2022

  1. C. Alba-Simionesco, P. Judeinstein, S. Longeville, O. Osta, F. Porcher, F. Caupin, and G. Tarjus.
    Interplay of vitrification and ice formation in a cryoprotectant aqueous solution at low temperature.

    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2022, 119, e2112248119.
  2. F. Caupin.
    Predictions for the properties of water below its homogeneous crystallization temperature revisited.
    Journal of Non Crystalline Solids: X 2022, 14, 100090.
  3. N.S. Brall, V. Gardien, D. Ariztegui, Ph. Sorrel, E. Guillerm, F. Caupin.
    Reconstructing lake bottom water temperatures and their seasonal variability in the Dead Sea Basin during MIS5e.
    Published in The Depositional Record, February 2022.

    2021

  4. F. Caupin and M.A. Anisimov.
    Minimal microscopic model for liquid polyamorphism and waterlike anomalies.
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 2021, 127, 185701 (see also supplemental material).
  5. M. Riva, J. Sun, V.F. McNeill, C. Ragon, S. Perrier, Y. Rudich,
    S.A. Nizkorodov, J. Chen, F. Caupin, T. Hoffmann, and C. George.
    High pressure inside nanometer-sized particles influences the rate and products of chemical reactions.
    Environ. Sci. Technol. 2021, 55, 12, 7786–7793.

  6. 2020

  7. E. Guillerm, V. Gardien, D. Ariztegui, and F. Caupin.
    Restoring halite fluid inclusions as an accurate palaeothermometer: Brillouin thermometry versus microthermometry.
    Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 2020, 44, 243-264.
  8. A. Zaragoza, C.S.P. Tripathi, M.A. Gonzalez, J.L.F. Abascal, F. Caupin, and C. Valeriani.
    Effect of dissolved salt on the anomalies of water at negative pressure.
    J. Chem. Phys., 2020, 152, 194501.

    2019

  9. F. Caupin and M.A. Anisimov.
    Thermodynamics of supercooled and stretched water: Unifying two-structure description and liquid-vapor spinodal.
    J. Chem. Phys., 2019, 151, 034503. (see also supplementary material and erratum).
  10. G. Rohman, S. Ramtani, S. Changotade, C. Langueh, D. Lutomski, Y. Roussigne, F. Tetard, F. Caupin, P. Djemia.
    Characterization of elastomeric scaffolds developed for tissue engineering applications by compression and nanoindentation tests, µ-Raman and µ-Brillouin spectroscopies.
    Biomed. Optics Express, 2019, 10, 1649-1659.

    2018

  11. P. Montero de Hijes, E. Sanz, L. Joly, C. Valeriani, and F. Caupin.
    Viscosity and self-diffusion of supercooled and stretched water from molecular dynamics simulations.
    J. Chem. Phys.
    , 2018, 149, 094503 (arxiv preprint available)
  12. F. Caupin, V. Holten, C. Qiu, E. Guillerm, M. Wilke, M. Frenz, J. Teixeira, A.K. Soper.
    Comment on “Maxima in the thermodynamic response and correlation functions of deeply supercooled water”.
    Science, 2018, 360, eaat1634.
  13. C. Goy, M.A.C. Potenza, S. Dedera, M. Tomut, E. Guillerm, A. Kalinin, K.-O. Voss, A. Schottelius, N. Petridis, A. Prosvetov, G. Tejeda, J.M. Fernández, C. Trautmann, F. Caupin, U. Glasmacher, R.E. Grisenti.
    Shrinking of rapidly evaporating water microdroplets reveals their extreme supercooling.
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 2018, 120, 015501 (see also erratum).
    Featured in Physics

  14. 2017

  15. V. Holten, C. Qiu, E. Guillerm, M. Wilke, J. Ricka, M. Frenz, and F.Caupin.
    Compressibility anomalies in stretched water and their interplay with density anomalies.
    J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8, 5519–5522 (see also supporting information).
  16. L.P. Singh, B. Issenmann, and F. Caupin.
    Pressure dependence of viscosity in supercooled water and a unified approach for thermodynamic and dynamic anomalies of water.
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2017, 114, 4312-4317.
    seen on Physics World and in the CNRS news.
  17. J.W. Biddle, R.S. Singh, E.M. Sparano, F. Ricci, M.A. González, C. Valeriani, J.L.F. Abascal, P.G. Debenedetti, M.A. Anisimov, and F.Caupin.
    Two-structure thermodynamics for the TIP4P/2005 model of water covering supercooled and deeply stretched regions.
    J. Chem. Phys. 2017, 146, 034502 (see also supplementary material and erratum).
  18. 2016

  19. G. Menzl, M.A. Gonzalez, P. Geiger, F. Caupin, J.L.F. Abascal, C. Valeriani, C. Dellago.
    Molecular mechanism for cavitation in water under tension.
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2016, 113, 13582-13587.
  20. M.A. Gonzalez, C. Valeriani, F. Caupin, J.L.F. Abascal.
    A comprehensive scenario of the thermodynamic anomalies of water using theTIP4P/2005 model.
    J. Chem. Phys. 2016, 145, 054505 (see also supplementary material).
  21. P. Gallo, K. Amann-Winkel, C.A. Angell, M.A. Anisimov, F. Caupin, C. Chakravarty, E. Lascaris, T. Loerting, A.Z. Panagiotopoulos, J.Russo, J.A. Sellberg, H.E. Stanley, H. Tanaka, C. Vega, L.M. Xu, L.G.M. Pettersson.
    Water: A Tale of Two Liquids.
    Chem. Rev. 2016, 116, 7463-7500.
  22. G. Pallares, M.A. Gonzalez, J.L.F. Abascal, C. Valeriani and F. Caupin
    Equation of state for water and its line of density maxima down to -120 MPa
    Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016.
  23. N. Bruot and F. Caupin
    Curvature dependence of the liquid-vapor surface tension beyond the Tolman approximation
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 2016, 116, 056102.
  24. 2015

  25. A. Dehaoui, B. Issenmann, and F. Caupin
    Viscosity of deeply supercooled water and its coupling to molecular diffusion
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2015, 112, 12020-12025.
  26. M. El Mekki Azouzi, C.S.P. Tripathi, G. Pallares, V. Gardien, and F. Caupin
    Brillouin spectroscopy of fluid inclusions proposed as a paleothermometer for subsurface rocks
    Sci. Rep., 2015, 5, 13168.
    with a CNRS press release.
  27. F. Caupin
    WARNING: this pdf is the version BEFORE final proof correction - check for the final one on J. Non Cryst. Sol..
    Escaping the no man's land: Recent experiments on metastable liquid water

    J. Non Cryst. Sol., 2015, 407, 441-448.
  28. 2014

  29. M.A.Gonzalez, G.Menzl, J.L.Aragones, P.Geiger, F.Caupin, J.L.F.Abascal, C.Dellago and C.Valeriani
    Detecting vapour bubbles in simulations of metastable water
    J. Chem. Phys., 2014, 141, 18C511.
  30. G. Pallares, M. El Mekki Azouzi, M.A. González, J.L. Aragones, J.L.F. Abascal, C. Valeriani, and F. Caupin
    Anomalies in bulk supercooled water at negative pressure
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2014, 111, 7936-7941.
    with a story in Le Monde (D. Larousserie, May 19, 2014).
  31. 2013

  32. F. Caupin and A.D. Stroock
    WARNING: this pdf is the version BEFORE proof correction - check for the final one on Adv. Chem. Phys.
    The stability limit and other open questions on water at negative pressure

    in Liquid Polymorphism, ed. H.E. Stanley, Adv. Chem. Phys, vol. 152, 51-80 (Wiley, NY, 2013).
  33. 2012

  34. M. El Mekki Azouzi, C. Ramboz, J.-F. Lenain and F. Caupin
    WARNING: this pdf is the version BEFORE proof correction - check for the final one on Nature Physics
    A coherent picture for water at extreme negative pressure
    (and supplementary information)
    Nature Phys., 2013, 9, 38-41.
  35. F. Caupin, A. Arvengas, K. Davitt, M. El Mekki Azouzi, K.I. Shmulovich, C. Ramboz, D.A. Sessoms and A.D. Stroock
    Exploring water and other liquids at negative pressure
    J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 2012, 24, 284110, 1-7.
  36. 2011

  37. A. Arvengas, E. Herbert, S. Cersoy, K. Davitt, and F. Caupin
    Cavitation in heavy water and other liquids
    J. Phys. Chem. B, 2011, 115, 14240-14245.
  38. A. Arvengas, K. Davitt, and F. Caupin
    Fiber optic probe hydrophone for the study of acoustic cavitation in water
    Rev. Sci. Instr., 2011, 82, 034904, 1-8.
  39. 2010

  40. K. Davitt, E. Rolley, F. Caupin, A. Arvengas, and S. Balibar
    Equation of state of water under negative pressure
    J. Chem. Phys., 2010, 133, 174507, 1-8.
  41. F. Souris, J. Grucker, J. Dupont-Roc, Ph. Jacquier, A. Arvengas, and F. Caupin
    Time resolved quantitative multiphase interferometric imaging of a highly focused ultrasound pulse
    Appl. Optics, 2010, 49, 6127-6133.
  42. K. Davitt, A. Arvengas, and F. Caupin
    Water at the cavitation limit: Density of the metastable liquid and size of the critical bubble
    EPL, 2010, 90, 16002, 1-6.
  43. 2008

  44. F. Caupin, S. Sasaki, and S. Balibar
    Absence of grain boundary melting in solid helium
    J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 2008, 20, 494228, 1-6.
  45. S. Balibar and F. Caupin
    Comment on "Observation of Unusual Mass Transport in Solid hcp 4He"
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 2008, 101, 189601.
  46. S. Sasaki, F. Caupin, and S. Balibar
    Optical Observations of Disorder in Solid Helium 4
    J. Low Temp. Phys., 2008, 153, 43-76.
  47. F. Caupin, E. Herbert, S. Balibar and M.W. Cole
    Comment on ‘Nanoscale water capillary bridges under deeply negative pressure’ [Chem. Phys. Lett. 451 (2008) 88]
    Chem. Phys. Lett., 2008, 463, 283-285.
  48. F. Caupin, M.W. Cole, S. Balibar, and J. Treiner
    Absolute limit for the capillary rise of a fluid
    EPL, 2008, 82, 56004, 1-6.
  49. F. Caupin
    Melting and freezing of embedded nanoclusters
    Phys. Rev. B, 2008, 77, 184108, 1-7.
  50. F. Caupin, J. Boronat, and K.H. Andersen
    Static structure factor and static response function of superfluid helium 4: a comparative analysis
    J. Low Temp. Phys., 2008, 152, 108-121.
  51. S. Balibar and F. Caupin
    Supersolidity and disorder
    J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 2008, 20, 173201, 1-19.
  52. F. Caupin, S. Sasaki, and S. Balibar.
    Supersolidity and disorder  in solid He-4
    J. Low Temp. Phys., 2008, 150, 267-275.
  53. 2007

  54. S. Sasaki, F. Caupin, and S. Balibar.
    Wetting properties of grain boundaries in solid He-4
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 2007, 99, 205302, 1-4.
  55. S. Sasaki, R. Ishiguro, F. Caupin, H.J. Maris and S. Balibar
    Supersolidity and superfluidity of grain boundaries
    J. Low Temp. Phys., 2007, 148, 665-670.
  56. F. Caupin, F. Ancilotto, M. Barranco, R. Mayol and M. Pi
    Freezing of helium-4: comparison of different density functional approaches
    J. Low Temp. Phys., 2007, 148, 731-736.
  57. F. Caupin
    Comment on "Large Melting-Point Hysteresis of Ge Nanocrystals Embedded in SiO2"
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 2007, 99, 079601.
  58. F. Caupin
    Comment on "Capillary Filling of Anodized Alumina Nanopore Arrays"
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 2007, 98, 259601.
  59. H. Cochard, T. Barigah, E. Herbert and F. Caupin
    Cavitation in plants at low temperature: is sap transport limited by the tensile strength of water as expected from Briggs’ Z-tube experiment?
    New Phytologist, 2007, 173, 571-575.
  60. 2006

  61. F. Caupin and E. Herbert
    Cavitation in water: a review
    C. R. Phys., 2006, 7, 1000-1017.
  62. S. Balibar and F. Caupin
    Nucleation of crystals from their liquid phase
    C. R. Phys., 2006, 7, 988-999.
  63. E. Herbert, S. Balibar and F. Caupin
    Cavitation pressure in water
    Phys. Rev. E, 2006, 74, 041603, 1-22.
  64. S. Sasaki, R. Ishiguro, F. Caupin, H.J. Maris, and S. Balibar
    Superfluidity of grain boundaries and supersolid behavior
    Science, 2006, 313, 1098-2000.
  65. R. Ishiguro, F. Caupin, and S. Balibar
    Homogeneous nucleation of crystals by acoustic waves
    Europhys. Lett., 2006, 75, 91-97.
  66. 2005

  67. F. Ancilotto, M. Barranco, F. Caupin, R. Mayol, and M. Pi
    Freezing of helium 4 and its liquid solid interface from density functional theory
    Phys. Rev. B, 2005, 72, 214522, 1-5.
  68. E. Herbert and F. Caupin
    Limit of metastability of water under tension: theories and experiments
    J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 2005, 17, S3597-S3602.
  69. F. Caupin
    Liquid-vapor interface, cavitation, and the phase diagram of water
    Phys. Rev. E, 2005, 71, 051605, 1-5.
  70. 2004

  71. F. Caupin and T. Minoguchi
    Density functional theory of the interface between solid and superfluid helium 4
    J. Low Temp. Phys., 2004, 138, 331-336.
  72. F. Werner, G. Beaume, A. Hobeika, S. Nascimbène, C. Herrmann, F. Caupin and S. Balibar
    Liquid helium up to 160 bar
    J. Low Temp. Phys., 2004, 136, 93-116.
  73. F. Caupin and T. Minoguchi
    Density functional theory of freezing of superfluid helium 4
    J. Low Temp. Phys., 2004, 134, 181-186.
  74. 2003

  75. C. Appert, X. Tenaud, X. Chavanne, S. Balibar, F. Caupin and D. d'Humières
    Nonlinear effects and shock formation in the focusing of a spherical acoustic wave
    Eur. Phys. B, 2003, 35, 531-549.
  76. S. Balibar, X. Chavanne and F. Caupin
    Very fast growth and melting of helium 4 crystals
    Physica B, 2003, 329-333, 380-381.
  77. F. Caupin, S. Balibar and H. J. Maris
    Limits of metastability of liquid helium
    Physica B, 2003, 329-333, 356-359.
  78. F. Caupin, D. O. Edwards and H. J. Maris
    Thermodynamics of metastable superfluid helium
    Physica B, 2003, 329-333, 185-186.
  79. T. Ueno, S. Balibar, T. Mizusaki, F. Caupin, M. Fechner and E. Rolley
    Absence of critical point wetting near the helium 3-helium 4 tri-critical point
    Physica B, 2003, 329-333, 180-182.
  80. H.J. Maris and F. Caupin
    Nucleation of solid helium from liquid under high pressure
    J. Low Temp. Phys., 2003, 131, 145-154.
  81. T. Ueno, S. Balibar, T. Mizusaki, F. Caupin, and E. Rolley
    Critical Casimir effect and wetting by helium mixtures
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 2003, 90, 116102, 1-4.
  82. T. Ueno, S. Balibar, T. Mizusaki, F. Caupin, M. Fechner and E. Rolley
    Optical measurement of wetting by helium 3-helium 4 mixtures near their tri-critical point
    J. Low Temp. Phys., 2003, 130, 543-555.
  83. S. Balibar and F. Caupin
    Metastable liquids
    J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, 2003, 15, S75-S82.
  84. 2002

  85. F. Caupin and V. Fourmond
    Ultrasonic cavitation in freon at room temperature
    In: NATO SCIENCE SERIES: II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Vol. 84: Liquids Under Negative Pressure. Ed. A.R. Imre, H.J. Maris, P.R. Williams Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Publishers, October 2002, 307-313.
  86. F. Caupin and S. Balibar
    Quantum statistics of metastable liquid helium
    In: NATO SCIENCE SERIES: II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Vol. 84: Liquids Under Negative Pressure. Ed. A.R. Imre, H.J. Maris, P.R. Williams Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Publishers, October 2002, 201-214.
  87. S. Balibar and F. Caupin
    The limits of metastability of liquid helium
    In: NATO SCIENCE SERIES: II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Vol. 84: Liquids Under Negative Pressure. Ed. A.R. Imre, H.J. Maris, P.R. Williams Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Publishers, October 2002, 145-160.
  88. 2001

  89. X. Chavanne, S. Balibar, F. Caupin, C. Appert, and D. d'Humières
    Optical measurement of the non-linear focusing of sound in liquid helium 4
    J. Low Temp. Phys., 2002, 126, 643-648.
  90. X. Chavanne, S. Balibar, and F. Caupin
    Heterogeneous cavitation in liquid helium 4 near a glass plate
    J. Low Temp. Phys., 2002, 126, 615-620.
  91. F. Caupin, S. Balibar, and H.J. Maris
    Nucleation in a Fermi liquid at negative pressure
    J. Low Temp. Phys., 2002, 126, 91-96.
  92. X. Chavanne, S. Balibar, and F. Caupin
    Acoustic nucleation of solid helium 4 on a clean glass plate
    J. Low Temp. Phys., 2001, 125, 155-164.
  93. F. Caupin, S. Balibar, and H.J. Maris
    Anomaly in the stability limit of liquid helium 3
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 2001, 87, 145302, 1-4.
  94. F. Caupin and S. Balibar
    Cavitation pressure in liquid helium
    Phys. Rev. B, 2001, 64, 064507, 1-10.
  95. X. Chavanne, S. Balibar, and F. Caupin
    Acoustic crystallization and heterogeneous nucleation
    Phys. Rev. Lett., 2001, 86, 5506-5509.
  96. F. Caupin
    Cavitation dans l'hélium 3 : un liquide de Fermi à pression négative
    Thèse de doctorat : Sciences Physiques : Université Paris 6, 19 janvier 2001.
  97. 2000

  98. F. Caupin and S. Balibar
    Search for quantum cavitation in liquid helium 3
    Physica B, 2000, 284-288, 212-213.
  99. 1998

  100. F. Caupin, P. Roche, S. Marchand, and S. Balibar
    Cavitation in normal liquid helium 3
    J. Low Temp. Phys., 1998, 113, 473-478.
  101. S. Balibar, F. Caupin, P. Roche, and H.J. Maris
    Quantum cavitation: a comparison between superfluid helium 4 and normal liquid helium 3
    J. Low Temp. Phys., 1998, 113, 459-471.