Harold J. Wiesmann
Division of Materials Science
Department of Materials Science
Upton, NY 11973
Tel: 631-344-7685
e-mail: wiesmann@bnl.gov
Education
State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.S., Engineering, 1972; M.S., Materials Science, 1974; Ph.D., Materials Science, 1977); Brookhaven National Laboratory (Research Associate, 1977-1979).
Research Interests
Superconducting materials, synthesis and study of high Tc properties and novel compounds; Amorphous alloys, amorphous silicon solar cell fabrication.
Professional Affiliations
The Materials Research Society; American Physical Society.
Summary of Experience
Synthesized and examined a novel metal-insulator composite for superconducting interactions; Synthesized high quality Nb3Ge thin films and measured effect of radiation damage on the resistivity and superconducting transition temperature; Fabricated hydrogenated amorphous silicon alloy films. Achieved record solar cell efficiency of greater than 7%. Successfully fabricated and directed efforts to fabricate thin superconducting films of YBa2Cu3O7 and Tl2CaBa2Cu2Ox.
Mail to:
wiesmann@bnl.gov