Materials science

MIT probe gathers data for better polymers

First to detect molecular motions during stretching

August 25, 1999

Professor Dorothy Hosler holds a jar of latex taken from trees while undergraduate Michael Tarkanian holds a vial of juice from crushed morning glory vines and a small rubber ball made by combining the other two.

Rubber processed in ancient Mesoamerica, MIT researchers find

July 14, 1999

MIT researchers find that ancient peoples processed rubber by 1,600 BC

June 17, 1999

Allen, Sadoway named to chairs

May 5, 1999

Professor Keith Nelson with the laser equipment he uses at the Plasma Fusion and Science Center to analyze thin films used in microelectronics components.

Microelectronics test could cut industry costs

March 3, 1999

MIT researcher's test can save millions of dollars for microelectronics industry

February 26, 1999

Microchip media frenzy

February 3, 1999

MIT researchers have developed a microchip that releases chemicals on demand. Left to right: Professor Michael Cima, graduate student John Santini and Professor Robert Langer stand in the Microsystems Technology Laboratory where the chip was fabricated. Mr. Santini holds a silicon wafer containing 21 of the dime-sized chips.

Microchip stores, releases chemicals for many uses

February 3, 1999

Front (left) and back views of a new microchip for the controlled release of chemicals. The dots between the three large bars (cathodes) on the front are the caps (anodes) covering the reservoirs that hold chemicals. An electrical voltage applied between a reservoir cap and a cathode causes a reaction that dissolves the cap, releasing the chemical. The back view shows the larger openings for each ...

MIT microchip releases chemicals on demand

January 27, 1999

Three DMSE faculty are named to chairs

December 9, 1998

Assistant Professor Paula Hammond (right) and graduate student Sarah Clark are developing a new way to create microscopic patterns on surfaces. They recently mechanized the process; Ms. Clark holds part of the equipment to do so.

MIT team develops new way to create microscopic patterns on surfaces

Could become alternative to conventional procedures such as photolithography

December 1, 1998

Team creates new way to pattern surfaces

November 25, 1998

MIT researchers say tiny photonic crystals may light the way to better optical circuits

October 9, 1998

Prototypes of the 168 chairs that will form a memorial to commemorate the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing were weather-tested on the roof of an MIT building over the summer. Left to right: design firm members Sven Berg (far left), Torrey and Hans Butzer, and MIT Professor Yet-Ming Chiang and graduate student Ben Hellweg, who did the testing.

MIT team tests glass for memorial to Oklahoma victims

September 30, 1998

MPC to hold Materials Day