Lawrence Michael Brown FRS (born 1936) is a Canadian physicist, known for his pioneering work on the application of

transmission electron microscopy Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is a microscopy technique in which a beam of electrons is transmitted through a specimen to form an image. The specimen is most often an ultrathin section less than 100 nm thick or a suspension on a gr ...

to metals, diamond,

nuclear Nuclear may refer to: Physics Relating to the nucleus of the atom: *Nuclear engineering *Nuclear physics *Nuclear power *Nuclear reactor *Nuclear weapon *Nuclear medicine *Radiation therapy *Nuclear warfare Mathematics *Nuclear space * Nuclear ...

materials and

semiconductor A semiconductor is a material which has an electrical conductivity value falling between that of a conductor, such as copper, and an insulator, such as glass. Its resistivity falls as its temperature rises; metals behave in the opposite way. ...

s. He has spent much of his career at the

Cavendish Laboratory The Cavendish Laboratory is the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge, and is part of the School of Physical Sciences. The laboratory was opened in 1874 on the New Museums Site as a laboratory for experimental physics and is name ...

, which he joined in 1960. He played an important role in establishing the SuperSTEM facility at

Daresbury Laboratory Daresbury Laboratory is a scientific research laboratory based at Sci-Tech Daresbury campus near Daresbury in Halton, Cheshire, England. The laboratory began operations in 1962 and was officially opened on 16 June 1967 as the Daresbury Nuclear P ...

References

External links

Brown's page at the website of the University of Cambridge

Official website of SuperSTEM

Profile of Professor Brown from Microscopy and Analysis magazine November 2021
1936 births Living people Canadian physicists Fellows of Robinson College, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal Society Scientists of the Cavendish Laboratory Microscopists {{Canada-scientist-stub