Materials
Cheap, long-life lithium-ion battery developed
14 Feb 2013
A cooler way to protect silicon surfaces
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 13 Feb 2013
Routes towards defect-free graphene
11 Feb 2013
Researchers improve quantum-dot performance
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 06 Feb 2013
New production method could enable everything from more efficient computer displays to enhanced biomedical testing.
Flat boron by the numbers
02 Feb 2013
Creating safe glass facades
01 Feb 2013
Bio-inspired fibres change colour when stretched
30 Jan 2013
Rare earth oxides make lasting water-repellent surfaces
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 22 Jan 2013
Graphene plasmonics beats the drug cheats
15 Jan 2013
Particles of crystalline quartz wear away teeth
15 Jan 2013
Physicists create 'recipe book' for building new materials
12 Jan 2013
By showing that tiny particles injected into a liquid crystal medium adhere to existing mathematical theorems, physicists have opened the door for the creation of a host of new materials with properties that do not exist in nature
New material harvests energy from water vapour
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 11 Jan 2013
Engineers have created a new polymer film that absorbs water vapour and repeatedly curls. The continuous motion is used to move robotic limbs and power micro and nanoelectronic devices
Graphene oxide soaks up radioactive waste
10 Jan 2013
Graphene oxide far surpasses other materials commonly used to remove radioactive toxins from water, according to new research
Flexible, light solar cells could provide new opportunities
By By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 03 Jan 2013
New paints break down nitrogen oxides
24 Dec 2012
Changing our material future, layer by layer
22 Dec 2012
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