Tonio Buonassisi seeks to make solar cells competitive
Mechanical engineering professor pursues a vision of a cleaner, more energy-efficient world.
Mechanical engineering professor pursues a vision of a cleaner, more energy-efficient world.
Tomás Palacios explores the application of novel materials in next-generation electronics to save energy and expand possibilities.
New mechanism of photoconduction could lead to next-generation excitonic devices.
Researchers find a two-dimensional, self-assembling material that might produce solar cells or transistors.
New analysis explains why some materials are good thermal insulators while similar ones are not.
Spectroscopy techniques demonstrate ballistic motion at micron length scales, open door to new possibilities for semiconductors, thermoelectrics.
MIT researchers develop a new approach to controlling the motion of magnetic domains; work could lead to low-power computer memory.
New experiments reveal previously unseen effects, could lead to new kinds of electronics and optical devices.
New design for a basic component of all computer chips boasts the highest ‘carrier mobility’ yet measured.
MIT researchers develop the smallest indium gallium arsenide transistor ever built.
MIT team applies technology developed for visual ‘cloaking’ to enable more efficient transfer of electrons.
MIT researchers produce complex electronic circuits from molybdenum disulfide, a material that could have many more applications.
New process developed at MIT could enable better LED displays, solar cells and biosensors — and foster basic physics research.