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A new design in solar cells incorporating two different layers of material to harvest a broader range of solar energy turns out to be less expensive to manufacture. Professor Gene Fitzgerald and a team of students and faculty at MIT and at Masdar Institute of Technology developed simulations and prototypes.

Photo courtesy Tahra Al Hammadi, Masdar Institute News
DMSE researchers are able to write in gold on silicon in fine detail (at this scale, the Infinite Corridor is 25 micrometers long). Image courtesy of Dr. Enno Lage in Professor Caroline Ross's group.
Professor Julia Ortony joined our faculty in 2016 working on dynamics of complex, self-assembling systems using molecular spin labels, with a long-term goal of developing new materials for drug delivery, catalysis, and other applications.
Rare earth oxide solidified after exposure to 2200°C. Image from Prof. Antoine Allanore's group.
Most fertilizers are intended for use in the northern hemisphere and are made with northern-hemisphere sources. The Allanore Group investigates potassium-based materials for use as fertilizers in the southern hemisphere.
An inverse self-assembly solver predicts the template for a target pattern. Caroline Ross and Alfredo Alexander-Katz bring together computational materials science and experimental techniques to direct self-assembly block copolymers.
Professor Geoff Beach's group studies spin dynamics and spin-electronics in nanoscale magnetic materials and devices. Their work aims at exploring the fundamental underpinnings of new concepts in spin-based data storage, computation, and communications.
Professor Niels Holten-Andersen's soft bio-inspired gels are light-emitting in tunable colors, as demonstrated by this gradient display of red and green shades.
Mens et Manus

MIT's "mind and hand" philosophy is evident in 3.091 with the Goodie Bag. Each week, students are issued a challenge that uses this kit outfitted with all the tools and materials required to discover the real-world aspects of Solid State Chemistry. The goodie bags require teamwork, exploring new parts of campus, and a good deal of hands-on science!
DMSE was originally devoted to study of mining and metallurgy, and its graduates found work building railroads and factories during the Industrial Revolution. Today, our foundry is used in research and in student activities.

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Researchers develop flexible, stretchable photonic devices

Researchers at MIT and several other institutions have developed a method for making photonic devices — similar to electronic devices but based on light rather than electricity — that can bend and stretch without damage. The devices could find uses in cables to connect computing devices, or in...

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