How to make a “perfect” solar absorber
New system aims to harness the full spectrum of available solar radiation.
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Teaching light new tricks
Graduate student Wade Hsu and colleagues confine light to a crystal surface and design a transparent display using nanoparticles.
A mirror with a peephole
MIT graduate student Yichen Shen designs a photonic crystal system that lets light pass through at a specific angle.
Faculty highlight: Marin Soljacic
Physicist reveals new techniques for controlling light by angle, creating transparent displays and photonic crystal bandgaps.
Making a wire-free future
WiTricity’s wireless charging technology is coming soon to mobile devices, electric cars, and more.
Enhancing solar cells with heat
Thermophotovoltaic system converts high heat to narrow spectrum tailored to solar cell profile
Advances in materials driving new technologies
Quantum dots for lighting and television, specialty fibers for surgery, highlighted at annual MPC Materials Day
MPC associate director visits Collegium members in Asia
Mark Beals, in collaboration with the MIT Industrial Liaison Program, visited Thailand, Taiwan and Japan in early April.
Riding herd on photons
A new ‘metamaterial’ prevents electromagnetic waves from reflecting backward, pointing the way toward computer chips that move data with light.
A physicist and an inventor
New technologies from Marin Soljacic’s lab could have a far-reaching impact on daily life.
MIT works toward 'smart' optical microchips
Light-powered micro-machines could advance telecommunications
Goodbye wires!
MIT team experimentally demonstrates wireless power transfer, potentially useful for powering laptops, cell phones without cords