The secret of wrinkling, folding, and creasing
New research provides a general formula for understanding how layered materials form different surface patterns.
Materials Processing Center marks 35 years
Service to faculty, collaboration with industry are hallmarks of campus-based Materials Processing Center at MIT.
Squitching behavior
MIT graduate student Farnaz Niroui demonstrates squeezable nano electromechanical switches with quantum tunneling function.
Cheap, flexible solar
Tuning energy levels through surface chemistry shows promise for higher efficiency quantum dot solar cells, MIT graduate student Patrick R. Brown's work shows.
Mystery solved: Why seashells’ mineral forms differently in seawater
Century-old riddle about aragonite formation is unraveled by scientists’ atomistic simulation.
New analysis shows ion slowdown in fuel cell material
Dislocations in oxides seen as promising electrolytes create a “traffic jam” for charged ions.
Faculty highlight: Vladimir Bulovic
MIT's associate dean for innovation is inventing at the nanoscale.
A mollusk of a different stripe
Optical features embedded in marine shells may help develop responsive, transparent displays.
How to prevent metal embrittlement
Analysis shows certain crystal boundaries can enhance, or reduce, hydrogen’s damaging effects.
Wrinkle predictions
New mathematical theory may explain patterns in fingerprints, raisins, and microlenses.
MIT researchers design tailored tissue adhesives
Glue can be modified for optimal performance in different types of diseased tissue.
Commercializing a new generation of polymer coatings
GVD’s vapor-deposited polymer coatings improve performance efficiency in critical applications across industries.
Clocking energy-transfer rates in quantum dots
MIT chemistry graduate student Jolene Mork examines rates of excitonic-energy transfer.
Faculty highlight: William Tisdale
Understanding and controlling how energy moves in nanostructured materials such as quantum dots motivates assistant professor of chemical engineering William Tisdale.