Researchers discover new way to turn electricity into light, using graphene
By slowing down light to a speed slower than flowing electrons, researchers create a kind of optical “sonic boom.”
By slowing down light to a speed slower than flowing electrons, researchers create a kind of optical “sonic boom.”
Researchers create perfect nanoscrolls from graphene’s imperfect form.
Study points the way to new photonic devices with one-way traffic lanes.
Experimental physicist explores the wild frontiers of graphene and other ultrathin materials.
Depositing different materials within a single chip layer could lead to more efficient computers.
Results may help improve efficiency of solar cells, energy-harvesting devices.
MIT researchers have found a phenomenon that might lead to more compact, tunable X-ray devices made of graphene.
Graphene layer one atom thick could quadruple rate of condensation heat transfer in generating plants.
Technique allows tiny sensors to monitor small changes in magnetic fields, such as when neurons transmit electrical signals.
Chemical engineers find that arrays of carbon nanotubes can detect flaws in drugs and help improve production.
Nanofibers have a dizzying range of possible applications, but they’ve been prohibitively expensive to make. MIT researchers hope to change that.