Materials Science and Engineering

Researchers at MIT and Singapore University of Technology (SUTD) have demonstrated a micro ring resonator made of amorphous silicon carbide with the highest quality factor to date.

Micro ring resonator has highest silicon carbide quality factor to date

MIT, Singapore researchers show high-quality photonic device based on amorphous silicon carbide.

July 8, 2019

Scanning electron microscope images of the crystal structure of the block copolymer material, illustrating their unusual quasicrystal symmetries. Regions with different symmetry properties are highlighted in different colors, and examples of the different patterns, which resemble some ancient tiling patterns, are shown in the accompanying diagrams.

A new way of making complex structures in thin films

Self-assembling materials can form patterns that might be useful in optical devices.

July 5, 2019

Diagram depicts the process of “singlet fission,” which is the first step toward producing two electrons from a single incoming photon of light.

Experiments show dramatic increase in solar cell output

Method for collecting two electrons from each photon could break through theoretical solar-cell efficiency limit.

July 3, 2019

Dean of Digital Learning Krishna Rajagopal (center) with winners of the MITx Prize for Teaching and Learning in MOOCs, Jessica Sandland (left) and Martin Bazant. Not pictured: Polina Anikeeva, who also received the MITx Prize, and John Belcher, Amy Carleton, Jared Curhan, and Erik Demaine, who received Teaching with Digital Technology Awards.

Seven MIT educators honored for digital learning innovation

Educators recognized for improving classroom instruction and student engagement through innovative uses of digital technology.

July 2, 2019

The new aerogel insulating material is highly transparent, transmitting 95 percent of light. In this photo, parallel laser beams are used to make the material visible.

Getting more heat out of sunlight

Material developed at MIT can passively capture solar heat for home heating or industrial applications.

July 1, 2019

One of the most synthesized plastics, PET — found in plastic bottles — exhibits an extremely low degradation rate and its production is highly dependent on petroleum feedstocks. New research on the biodegradation of plastics will be funded by a MIT Energy Initiative Seed Fund.

MIT Energy Initiative awards seven Seed Fund grants for early-stage energy research

Annual MITEI awards support research on methane conversion, efficient energy provision, plastics recycling, and more.

July 1, 2019

A domain wall (gray panel at center) separates regions with different spin orientations (green and blue arrows). MIT researchers discovered that a magnetic field applied at one particular angle through a single crystal of a new magnetic quantum material makes it harder for electrons to cross this domain wall.

Approaching the magnetic singularity

MIT researchers discover a material that changes electrical resistance only when a magnetic field is applied at a narrowly confined angle.

June 20, 2019

MIT engineers 3-D-print stretchy mesh, with customized patterns designed to be flexible yet strong, for use in ankle and knee braces.

Engineers 3-D print flexible mesh for ankle and knee braces

Techniques could lead to personalized wearable and implantable devices.

June 19, 2019

QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2019-20

Ranked at the top for the eighth straight year, the Institute also places first in 11 of 48 disciplines.

June 18, 2019

Wendy Moy (right), a physical science teacher at Diamond Middle School in Lexington, Massachusetts, works at a hood on organometallic halide perovskites with Riccardo Comin, assistant professor of physics, during summer 2018. Moy will return to the lab this summer.

Materials Research Laboratory welcomes area teachers, community college students

Three teachers and five community college students will work in MIT faculty-led research groups this summer.

June 14, 2019

Left to right: Priyanka Chaudhuri, Magdalena Rieb, Angelita Mireles, Faika Weche, Anantha Chandrakasan, Reimi Hicks, Sharece Corner, and Eileen Demarkles

Spotlight on engineering staff

The School of Engineering gives its 2019 Infinite Mile Awards for exceptional service and support.

June 12, 2019

Image taken using the MIT researchers' system shows the fibers of the filter membrane in red, and the oily droplets accumulating on it in green. The colors results from fluorescent dyes added to the materials.

Getting the oil out of water

New technique makes it possible to image the fouling of membranes in 3-D, could lead to better antifouling materials.

June 9, 2019

$Diagram depicts the sequence of steps used in the new streamlined process to synthesize perovskite-based materials, deposit them on a substrate to create a thin film, and then analyze the film’s characteristics using X-ray diffraction and other observational methods. The new process is about ten times faster than previous methods.$

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