Researchers develop new materials for energy and sensing

MIT and Northwestern researchers create hybrid perovskite materials that could help improve the quality of solar cells and light sources.

Department of Chemical Engineering • mit
July 16, 2020 ~6 min

Transparent graphene electrodes might lead to new generation of solar cells

New roll-to-roll production method could enable lightweight, flexible solar devices and a new generation of display screens.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
June 5, 2020 ~6 min


Clear, conductive coating could protect advanced solar cells, touch screens

New material should be relatively easy to produce at an industrial scale, researchers say.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 22, 2019 ~5 min

SMART develops a way to commercially manufacture integrated silicon III-V chips

New method from MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore paves the way for improved optoelectronic and 5G devices.

Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology • mit
Oct. 3, 2019 ~5 min

Technique streamlines fabrication of 2-D circuits

Growing material directly onto substrates and recycling chip patterns should enable faster, simpler manufacturing.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
March 4, 2019 ~7 min

Integrating optical components into existing chip designs | MIT News

Technique would allow addition of optical communication components to existing chips with little modification of their designs.

Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office • mit
April 19, 2018 ~7 min

In Profile: Pablo Jarillo-Herrero | MIT News

Experimental physicist explores the wild frontiers of graphene and other ultrathin materials.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 24, 2016 ~7 min

New chip fabrication approach | MIT News

Depositing different materials within a single chip layer could lead to more efficient computers.

Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 27, 2016 ~6 min


Self-stacking nanogrids | MIT News

Polymer nanowires that assemble in perpendicular layers could offer route to tinier chip components.

Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 22, 2016 ~6 min

Physicists control electrons at femtosecond timescales | MIT News

Results may help improve efficiency of solar cells, energy-harvesting devices.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 22, 2016 ~6 min

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