MTL News Archives for 2013

May 29, 2013

Balance is key to making quantum-dot solar cells work

MIT team finds that the ratio of component atoms is vital to performance.


Solving a semiconductor riddle

New observations of material disprove leading theory about LED brightness, opening new avenues for research.


May 17, 2013

New Core Faculty Profile: George Barbastathis

This is part of an ongoing series about new MTL core faculty members.


May 16, 2013

Stacking 2-D materials produces surprising results

New experiments reveal previously unseen effects, could lead to new kinds of electronics and optical devices.


MIT's Fab Lab Shares the Wealth

Designing and fabricating custom semiconductor devices for next generation research.


May 15, 2013

Making frequency-hopping radios practical

Dana Weinstein and Laura Popa have developed new hardware that could lead to wireless devices that identify and exploit unused transmission frequencies, using radio spectrum much more efficiently.


Core Faculty Profile: Jeffrey Grossman

This is part of an ongoing series about new MTL core faculty members.


May 9, 2013

William Tisdale wins Early Career Award

Tisdale honored by Office of Science of the Department of Energy.