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Leonard J. Brillson is a Professor of Physics and Electrical & Computer Engineering at The Ohio State University, holding a joint appointment in the Center for Materials Research. He previously served as Director of Xerox Corporation's Materials Research Laboratory. His research focuses on surfaces and interfaces of electronic materials at atomic and nanometer scales, emphasizing wide band gap semiconductors, semiconductor heterostructures, and complex oxides for applications in optoelectronics, spintronics, and renewable energy.
Brillson earned an A.B. in Physics from Princeton University (1967), followed by an M.S. (1969) and Ph.D. (1972) in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, IEEE, and multiple other prestigious societies.
His research interests include defect characterization in semiconductors, molecular beam epitaxy, and nanoscale materials engineering. Recent work explores defect-driven phenomena in ZnO, Ga2O3, and complex oxides, with applications in electronic and optoelectronic devices. Over 300 publications and an h-index of 46 reflect his impactful contributions, including foundational studies on semiconductor interface bonding and defect-induced conductivity in ZnO.
Awards include the AVS Gaede-Langmuir Award (2006), NSF American Competitiveness Fellowship (2010), and multiple Ohio State Lumley Research Awards. His textbook *Surfaces and Interfaces of Electronic Materials* (Wiley-VCH, 2010) is a key resource in the field.
Brillson leads the Electronic Materials and Nanostructures Lab (EMNL), located at the intersection of Physics and Engineering disciplines. The lab investigates defect manipulation, interfacial phenomena, and advanced characterization techniques for next-generation electronic materials.
