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Artist’s conception of the epitaxial growth of a chalcogenide perovskite thin film.

New family of semiconductor materials

Professors Jaramillo and LeBeau and collaborators have published findings on a new family of semiconductor materials, chalcogenide perovskites, with potential applications for solar cells and lighting.

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Research Initiatives in Climate & Sustainability

The future depends on finding solutions to the enormous challenges facing the world, including pollution, water scarcity, greenhouse gases, climate change, and more. DMSE faculty, students and staff are working with researchers across MIT to address major issues of climate and sustainability.

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Controlling drug activity with light

In a new publication, a team co-led by Professor Polina Anikeeva and OHSU Research Assistant Professor James Frank introduces a microfiber technology to deliver and activate a drug that can be induced to bind its receptor by exposure to light. To use light to control drug activity, light and drugs must be delivered simultaneously to the targeted cells, which can be difficult when the target is deep in the body. Their work provides an integrated approach for on-demand delivery of light and drugs through a single fiber.

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Seeking candidates for tenure-track opening

DMSE at MIT is looking for candidates for a tenure-track faculty position to begin July 1, 2022 or later. We seek candidates with proven excellence in the science and engineering of materials in manufacturing systems. Example industrial sectors of application include transportation, information technology, health or energy. MIT is committed to diversity in engineering education, research, and practice. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply.

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$Stacking faults on a refractory high entropy alloy$

Alloy Design Workshop

The 2021 Alloy Design Workshop will focus on Exploring design guidelines for superior titanium alloys, and it will be held on December 3. Alloy Design 2021 will be a hybrid event. The workshop will take place in-person at MIT in the Chipman Room. However, participants can join the workshop remotely as well. All are invited, but advance registration is required.

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Spotlight

Accelerating oxygen surface exchange

Enhancing the oxygen exchange rate at the surface of oxides through rational design has long been a key goal of researchers pursuing sustainable energy solutions. Building on research co-authored by Professor Harry Tuller and Bilge Yildiz, DMSE alum Sossina M. Haile's simple infiltration method reveals that reaction rates on porous mixed-conducting oxides scale with the acidity of the infiltrate and can be tuned by orders of magnitude.

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Developing new ways to advance copper production

Copper and sulfur are two products of a new electrochemical process that the Allanore group has proposed, which converts natural sulfide minerals into liquid copper and elemental sulfur. Copper is the backbone of the electronic area we live in, and is predicted to support the deployment of sustainable power generation. Sulfur is an essential chemical element, source of power, acids or sulfates such as used in agriculture.

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