Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Materials Science and Technology  Division
Doug Lowndes


Doug Lowndes
Scientific Director, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences


Dr. Lowndes research at ORNL has spanned several different fields: time-resolved studies of ultrarapid pulsed-laser melting and solidification; pulsed-laser processing of semiconductors; photovoltaic materials and solar cells; the laser ablation process; pulsed-laser deposition of thin films and heterostructures; high-temperature superconductivity in thin films and superlattices; and most recently, nanostructured materials, both vertically aligned carbon nanofibers and their applications for nanotechnology, and multifunctional transition metal oxide thin-film heterostructures. He has been active in the development of facilities and capabilities for nanoscale science and technology research, including serving (1999-2000) as Chairperson of the Nanoscience/ Nanotechnology Working Group for the Dept. of Energy's Basic Energy Sciences (BES) program. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and was appointed a Corporate Fellow of ORNL in 1994. From 1986-2000 he served as professor of materials science and engineering (part-time) at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, where he taught graduate and undergraduate courses in electronic materials and thin-film growth and supervised graduate student research.


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Office Phone: (865) 574-6306
Fax: (865) 574-1753
E-mail: lowndesdh@ornl.gov

Mailing Address

Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1 Bethel Valley Road
P.O.Box 2008

Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6496

 



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