Semiconductors

An electrical switch for magnetismMIT researchers develop a new approach to controlling the motion of magnetic domains; work could lead to low-power computer memory.

Stacking 2-D materials produces surprising resultsNew experiments reveal previously unseen effects, could lead to new kinds of electronics and optical devices.

Researchers demonstrate record-setting p-type transistorNew design for a basic component of all computer chips boasts the highest ‘carrier mobility’ yet measured.

Tiny compound semiconductor transistor could challenge silicon’s dominanceMIT researchers develop the smallest indium gallium arsenide transistor ever built.

‘Invisibility’ could be a key to better electronicsMIT team applies technology developed for visual ‘cloaking’ to enable more efficient transfer of electrons.

Del Alamo receives SRC 2012 Technical Excellence Award

One-molecule-thick material has big advantagesMIT researchers produce complex electronic circuits from molybdenum disulfide, a material that could have many more applications.

Patterning defect-free nanocrystal films with nanometer resolutionNew process developed at MIT could enable better LED displays, solar cells and biosensors — and foster basic physics research.

Research update: Chips with self-assembling rectanglesNew technique allows production of complex microchip structures in one self-assembling step.

New material shares many of graphene’s unusual propertiesThin films of bismuth-antimony have potential for new semiconductor chips, thermoelectric devices.

Del Alamo is awarded 2012 Intel Outstanding Researcher Award in Emerging Research Devices

Calculating the cost of advanced manufacturingThe Environmentally Benign Manufacturing group studies the life cycle of new technologies.

Transistors promise more powerful logic, more logical powerResearch could affect U.S. manufacturing indirectly, by helping introduce products difficult to build elsewhere, and directly, by reducing production costs.