New material should be relatively easy to produce at an industrial scale, researchers say.
November 22, 2019New method from MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore paves the way for improved optoelectronic and 5G devices.
October 3, 2019Growing material directly onto substrates and recycling chip patterns should enable faster, simpler manufacturing.
March 4, 2019Lincoln Laboratory researchers are applying narrow-beam laser technology to enable communications between underwater vehicles.
August 17, 2018Technique would allow addition of optical communication components to existing chips with little modification of their designs.
April 19, 2018Experimental physicist explores the wild frontiers of graphene and other ultrathin materials.
February 24, 2016Depositing different materials within a single chip layer could lead to more efficient computers.
January 27, 2016Polymer nanowires that assemble in perpendicular layers could offer route to tinier chip components.
January 22, 2016Results may help improve efficiency of solar cells, energy-harvesting devices.
January 22, 2016Michael Watts took two decades to make the 20-mile trip from suburban Hingham to tenure at MIT.
January 19, 2016MIT-led team develops method for scaling up production of thin electronic material.
September 21, 2015Materials seen as promising for optoelectronics and thermoelectric devices finally yield their secrets.
July 14, 2015MIT graduate student Qiong Ma is uncovering electrical properties of graphene-based devices using laser-light stimulation.
May 26, 2015MIT postdoc Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi charts quantum signatures of electronic transport in graphene.
May 19, 2015MIT physics professor has played a leading role in the development of revolutionary new artificial materials.
May 6, 2015Service to faculty, collaboration with industry are hallmarks of campus-based Materials Processing Center at MIT.
March 6, 2015Grad student Chi Lu and colleagues demonstrate a highly flexible polymer probe for triggering spinal-cord neurons with light and simultaneously recording their activity.
November 7, 2014Flexible polymer probes and magnetic nanoparticles promise breakthroughs for treating paralysis and brain disease.
September 2, 2014Team creates LEDs, photovoltaic cells, and light detectors using novel one-molecule-thick material.
March 10, 2014