MIT.nano

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.

July 16, 2020

Build.nano: How nanotechnology fundamentally changes real estate

MIT.nano Director Vladimir Bulović will host this session on Thursday, July 16 with MIT alumni Dr. Elise Strobach, CEO & Co-Founder of Aeroshield, and Dr. Miles Barr, CTO & Co-Founder of Ubiquitous Energy.

Part of the MIT Center for Real Estate World Real Estate Forum. Register here.

MIT team collaborates with 3M to develop rapid Covid-19 test

Company working with Sikes Lab to test feasibility of low-cost diagnostic that could be manufactured by the millions each day.

July 14, 2020

Extended fab hours begin July 27

As MIT approaches phase 2 of the research ramp-up, Fab-12 and Fab-39 will be returning to the full pre-COVID schedule of operation starting on Monday, July 27, 2020.

July 14, 2020

Reminders about new gowning procedures

As we enter week 5 of the MIT.nano ramp-up, our technical team is evaluating how the new gowning procedures have been working out, and what we can do to improve them.

July 13, 2020

Nano Explorations Webinars, Week of July 13

Tuesday, July 14—New frontiers in THz quantum cascade lasers by Ali Khalatpour, PhD, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS)

Thursday, July 16—Building neuromorphic computing units with battery materials by Juan Carlos Gonzalez Rosillo, Postdoctoral Associate, Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE)

Join virtually via Zoom.

A wizard of ultrasharp imaging

To oversee its new cutting-edge electron microscopy systems, MIT sought out Frances Ross’ industry-honed expertise.

July 12, 2020

To engineers’ surprise, radiation can slow corrosion of some materials

In certain alloys, exposure to proton irradiation can extend the material’s lifetime, study finds.

July 9, 2020

Scaling up the quantum chip

MIT engineers develop a hybrid process that connects photonics with “artificial atoms,” to produce the largest quantum chip of its type.

July 8, 2020

Submit your samples: Semilab SE-2000 spectroscopic ellipsometer film model library

The Semilab field service team will be coming to campus next week to install, qualify, and train the MIT.nano staff on the new Semilab SE-2000 spectroscopic ellipsometer. MIT.nano users are invited to provide sample films that we can model and fit into our library while the Semilab service engineer is onsite.

July 8, 2020

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