Research update: Chips with self-assembling rectangles
New technique allows production of complex microchip structures in one self-assembling step.
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Materials Science and Engineering
Dripping faucets inspire new way of creating structured particles
Researchers find new method for making spherical particles, from nanoscale to pinhead-sized — including complex beach-ball-like shapes.
A new approach to water desalination
Graphene sheets with precisely controlled pores have potential to purify water more efficiently than existing methods.
Teaching self-assembling structures a new trick
MIT researchers produce 3-D configurations that could lead to new microchips and other devices.
Crowding causes cells to produce an orderly matrix of molecules
Making proteins stand in line could lead to more lifelike lab tests.
Nuclear science and engineering graduate students win NEUP fellowships
Black, Boyd and Shaner among 31 recipients
Gradečak wins Nano Letters young investigator award
Materials science and engineering professor studies nanophotonics and electronics.
New material shares many of graphene’s unusual properties
Thin films of bismuth-antimony have potential for new semiconductor chips, thermoelectric devices.
Taking an innovative approach to battery design
Donald Sadoway’s radical rethinking of electricity storage could revitalize renewable-power technologies.
Time magazine names Lo, Sadoway among the world’s ‘most influential’ people
Several MIT alumni also named to annual list.
Clean energy could lead to scarce materials
Rising demand for wind turbines and electric vehicles could strain supplies of some rare earth metals.
A new twist on nanowires
Technology developed at MIT can control the composition and structure of these tiny wires as they grow.
Liquid batteries could level the load
MIT team makes progress toward goal of inexpensive grid-scale batteries that could help make intermittent renewable energy sources viable.
Solving energy problems, one molecule at a time
Materials scientist explores new possibilities in topics from molecules to rooftop solar panels.
Making her move
MIT senior overcame disabilities to study materials science, hoping to pave the way for other aspiring engineers.