Nanowires
Explained: Nanowires and nanotubes
April 11, 2013
Tiny filaments and cylinders are studied for possible uses in energy, electronics, optics and other fields.
Watching fluid flow at nanometer scales
March 31, 2013
Researchers find that tiny nanowires can lift liquids as effectively as tubes.
New solar-cell design based on dots and wires
March 25, 2013
MIT researchers improve efficiency of quantum-dot photovoltaic system by adding a forest of nanowires.
Researchers demonstrate record-setting p-type transistor
January 3, 2013
New design for a basic component of all computer chips boasts the highest ‘carrier mobility’ yet measured.
Merging tissue and electronics
August 27, 2012
New tissue scaffold could be used for drug development and implantable therapeutic devices.
Teaching self-assembling structures a new trick
June 7, 2012
MIT researchers produce 3-D configurations that could lead to new microchips and other devices.
Also labeled: Electron-beam lithography, electronics, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Materials science, Mechanical engineering, Nanoscience and nanotechnology, Research, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Self-assembly, Electrical engineering and electronics, Microsystems Technology Laboratories
A new twist on nanowires
February 22, 2012
Technology developed at MIT can control the composition and structure of these tiny wires as they grow.
Straining forward
January 6, 2010
Nanowires made of ‘strained silicon’ — silicon whose atoms have been pried slightly apart — show how to keep increases in computer power coming.
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