A wizard of ultrasharp imaging
To oversee its new cutting-edge electron microscopy systems, MIT sought out Frances Ross’ industry-honed expertise.
July 12, 2020 • ~7 min
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Researchers map tiny twists in “magic-angle” graphene
Results could help designers engineer high-temperature superconductors and quantum computing devices.
May 7, 2020 • ~9 min
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Recovering “lost dimensions” of images and video
Model could recreate video from motion-blurred images and “corner cameras,” may someday retrieve 3D data from 2D medical images.
Oct. 16, 2019 • ~7 min
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A new way to corrosion-proof thin atomic sheets
Ultrathin coating could protect 2D materials from corrosion, enabling their use in optics and electronics.
Oct. 4, 2019 • ~6 min
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Creating new opportunities from nanoscale materials
MIT Professor Frances Ross is pioneering new techniques to study materials growth and how structure relates to performance.
Sept. 5, 2019 • ~17 min
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First two-dimensional material that performs as both topological insulator and superconductor
MIT researchers have demonstrated that a Tungsten ditelluride-based transistor combines two different electronic states of matter.
Oct. 31, 2018 • ~10 min
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Modeling how colloidal particles spin through a fixed array | MIT News
Summer Scholar Jennifer Coulter works on computer simulations with associate professor of materials science Alfredo Alexander-Katz.
Aug. 29, 2016 • ~6 min
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J-WAFS Solutions program awards $750,000 in commercialization grants | MIT News
Four new projects and one renewal receive $150,000 in funding for 2016-2017.
Aug. 12, 2016 • ~7 min
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Borrowing from pastry chefs, engineers create nanolayered composites | MIT News
Method to stack hundreds of nanoscale layers could open new vistas in materials science.
July 21, 2016 • ~6 min
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Charging up random access memory | MIT News
Researchers demonstrate room-temperature ferroelectric states in ultra-thin films of tin and tellurium.
July 14, 2016 • ~9 min
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