Study opens route to flexible electronics made from exotic materials
Cost-effective method produces semiconducting films from materials that outperform silicon.
A better device for measuring electromagnetic radiation
New bolometer is faster, simpler, and covers more wavelengths.
A graphene roll-out
Scalable manufacturing process spools out strips of graphene for use in ultrathin membranes.
Timothy Swager receives Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship
The fellowship supports top-tier researchers at U.S. universities whose high-risk, high-payoff work is of strategic importance to the Department of Defense.
Insulator or superconductor? Physicists find graphene is both
When rotated at a "magic angle," graphene sheets can form an insulator or a superconductor.
Glassy carbon, now with less heat
Carbon nanotubes lower the transformation temperature of glassy carbon, possibly aiding manufacturers, MIT researchers report.
Transparent, flexible solar cells
Researchers develop a novel technique using graphene to create solar cells they can mount on surfaces ranging from glass to plastic to paper and tape.
Scientists produce dialysis membrane made from graphene
Material can filter nanometer-sized molecules at 10 to 100 times the rate of commercial membranes.
Sandwiched between superconductors, graphene adopts exotic electronic states
Platform may be used to explore avenues for quantum computing.
Graphene holds up under high pressure
Used in filtration membranes, ultrathin material could help make desalination more productive.
Not stuck on silicon
Engineers use graphene as a “copy machine” to produce cheaper semiconductor wafers.
Researchers “iron out” graphene’s wrinkles
New technique produces highly conductive graphene wafers.
Institute Professor Emerita Mildred Dresselhaus, a pioneer in the electronic properties of materials, dies at 86
“Queen of carbon science” and recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom and National Medal of Science led US scientific community, promoted women in STEM.
Researchers design one of the strongest, lightest materials known
Porous, 3-D forms of graphene developed at MIT can be 10 times as strong as steel but much lighter.
The science of friction on graphene
Sliding on flexible graphene surfaces has been uncharted territory until now.