Controlling the growth of semiconducting nanowires
MIT doctoral candidate Sam Crawford has contributed to fundamental understanding of growth processes using metal seed particles.
MIT doctoral candidate Sam Crawford has contributed to fundamental understanding of growth processes using metal seed particles.
MIT researchers develop a new approach to controlling the motion of magnetic domains; work could lead to low-power computer memory.
Tiny filaments and cylinders are studied for possible uses in energy, electronics, optics and other fields.
Researchers find that tiny nanowires can lift liquids as effectively as tubes.
MIT researchers improve efficiency of quantum-dot photovoltaic system by adding a forest of nanowires.
New tissue scaffold could be used for drug development and implantable therapeutic devices.
MIT researchers produce 3-D configurations that could lead to new microchips and other devices.
Technology developed at MIT can control the composition and structure of these tiny wires as they grow.
Nanowires made of ‘strained silicon’ — silicon whose atoms have been pried slightly apart — show how to keep increases in computer power coming.