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Overview

Jens Förster is affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of physics, particularly focusing on magnetic properties and materials science. Their research spans several interconnected areas within physics and astronomy, with a strong emphasis on atomic and molecular physics, optics, and materials science.

The main fields of study for Förster include:

  • Physics and Astronomy

The subfields of study cover:

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Structural Biology

Förster's central research topics reflect these fields and emphasize magnetic phenomena and their applications. The primary topics include:

  • Magnetic properties of thin films
  • Magnetic Properties and Applications
  • Quantum and electron transport phenomena
  • Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications
  • Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • Theoretical and Computational Physics

Their recent scholarly publications illustrate their research focus and have appeared in several influential journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Reconfigurable submicrometer spin-wave majority gate with electrical transducers," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Ferrimagnetic Skyrmions in Topological Insulator/Ferrimagnet Heterostructures," 2020, Advanced Materials
  • "Real-Space Observation of Magnon Interaction with Driven Space-Time Crystals," 2021, Physical Review Letters
  • "Spin-Wave Emission from Vortex Cores under Static Magnetic Bias Fields," 2021, Nano Letters
  • "Thermal nucleation and high-resolution imaging of submicrometer magnetic bubbles in thin thulium iron garnet films with perpendicular anisotropy," 2020, Physical Review Materials

Their work has been published repeatedly in certain journals, including:

  • Nano Letters
  • physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters
  • Science Advances
  • Advanced Materials
  • Physical Review Letters

Förster has collaborated frequently with several coauthors who have contributed to advancing their research topics. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Markus Weigand (18 joint publications)
  • Joachim Gräfe (14 joint publications)
  • Nick Träger (11 joint publications)
  • Gisela Schütz (11 joint publications)
  • Sebastian Wintz (10 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • The effects of promotion and prevention cues on creativity.

    Ronald S. Friedman;Jens Förster

  • Approach and avoidance strength during goal attainment : Regulatory focus and the goal looms larger effect

    J Förster;E T Higgins;L C Idson

  • Temporal Construal Effects on Abstract and Concrete Thinking: Consequences for Insight and Creative Cognition.

    Jens Förster;Ronald S. Friedman;Nira Liberman

  • Speed/accuracy decisions in task performance: Built-in trade-off or separate strategic concerns?

    Jens Förster;E.Tory Higgins;Amy Taylor Bianco

  • How Global Versus Local Perception Fits Regulatory Focus

    Jens Förster;E. Tory Higgins

  • Accessibility from active and fulfilled goals

    Jens Förster;Nira Liberman;E. Tory Higgins

  • Seven Principles of Goal Activation: A Systematic Approach to Distinguishing Goal Priming From Priming of Non-Goal Constructs

    Jens Förster;Nira Liberman;Ronald S Friedman

  • Stereotype Threat and Performance: How Self-Stereotypes Influence Processing by Inducing Regulatory Foci.

    Beate Seibt;Jens Förster

  • The effects of approach and avoidance motor actions on the elements of creative insight.

    Ronald S. Friedman;Jens Förster

  • Success/Failure Feedback, Expectancies, and Approach/Avoidance Motivation: How Regulatory Focus Moderates Classic Relations

    Jens Förster;Heidi Grant;Lorraine Chen Idson;E.Tory Higgins

  • Implicit affective cues and attentional tuning: an integrative review.

    Ronald S. Friedman;Jens Förster

  • The influence of approach and avoidance motor actions on creative cognition.

    Ronald S. Friedman;Jens Förster

  • Effects of Motivational Cues on Perceptual Asymmetry: Implications for Creativity and Analytical Problem Solving

    Ronald S. Friedman;Jens Förster

  • Attentional Priming Effects on Creativity

    Ronald S. Friedman;Ayelet Fishbach;Jens Förster;Lioba Werth

  • GLOMOsys: A systems account of global versus local processing.

    Jens Förster;Laura Dannenberg

  • Distancing from experienced self: how global-versus-local perception affects estimation of psychological distance.

    Nira Liberman;Jens Förster

  • Enactment of approach and avoidance behavior influences the scope of perceptual and conceptual attention

    Jens Förster;Ronald S. Friedman;Amina Özelsel;Markus Denzler

  • The effect of global versus local processing styles on assimilation versus contrast in social judgment.

    Jens Förster;Nira Liberman;Stefanie Kuschel

  • Motor compatibility: The bidirectional link between behavior and evaluation

    Roland Neumann;Jens Förster;Fritz Strack

  • Influence of overt head movements on memory for valenced words: a case of conceptual-motor compatibility.

    Jens Förster;Fritz Strack

Frequent Co-Authors

Nira Liberman
Nira Liberman Tel Aviv University
Fritz Strack
Fritz Strack University of Würzburg
E. Tory Higgins
E. Tory Higgins Columbia University
Gerben A. van Kleef
Gerben A. van Kleef University of Amsterdam
Thomas Mussweiler
Thomas Mussweiler London Business School
Vincent Yzerbyt
Vincent Yzerbyt Université Catholique de Louvain
Anne Maass
Anne Maass University of Padua
Olivier Corneille
Olivier Corneille Université Catholique de Louvain
Joop van der Pligt
Joop van der Pligt University of Amsterdam
Kai Sassenberg
Kai Sassenberg Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology

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