Materials Research Laboratory

Illustration shows how hydrogen ions (red dots), controlled by an electric voltage, migrate through an intermediate material to change the magnetic properties of an adjacent magnetic layer(shown in green).

Study opens route to ultra-low-power microchips

Innovative approach to controlling magnetism could lead to next-generation memory and logic devices.

November 12, 2018

Silvija Gradečak, MIT professor in materials science and engineering, addresses the promise and the problems of perovskite solar cells. She spoke during the MIT Materials Research Laboratory Materials Day Symposium on Oct. 10.

Improving materials from the nanoscale up

At the Materials Day Symposium, researchers focus on tools that probe atomic structures in action to yield better designs for metals, solar cells, and polymers.

November 8, 2018

In two-dimensional tungsten ditelluride, two different states of matter — topological insulator and superconductor — can be chosen at will, MIT researchers discovered.

First two-dimensional material that performs as both topological insulator and superconductor

MIT researchers have demonstrated that a tungsten ditelluride-based transistor combines two different electronic states of matter.

October 31, 2018

What says "Happy Halloween" better than colorized carbon nanotubes?

Scene at MIT: Happy Nanoween

A grad student's research project unexpectedly yields a spooky message made from millions of carbon nanotubes.

October 31, 2018

A collection of mini-spectrometer chips are arrayed on a tray after being made through conventional chip-making processes.

Inexpensive chip-based device may transform spectrometry

Tiny device could replace expensive lab-scale equipment for many applications.

October 23, 2018

A sample of nearly pure copper is deposited on an iron electrode after extraction through an electrochemical process developed by researchers in the lab of MIT Associate Professor Antoine Allanore.

Developing new ways to advance copper production

U.S. Department of Energy grant will support the Allanore lab's advancement of copper production from sulfur-based minerals.

September 25, 2018

2018 MIT Materials Research Laboratory Summer Scholars, are: (front l-r) Michael Molinski, Fernando Nieves Muñoz, Danielle Beatty, Sabrina Shen, Julianna La Lane, Simon Egner; (back l-r) Elizabeth Hallett, Alvin Chang, Sarai Patterson, Ekaterina Tsotsos, Ryan Tollefsen, and Abigail Nason.

Interns at the forefront of new technology

Materials Research Laboratory summer interns tackle materials science challenges, contribute to faculty research labs, and gain new skills.

September 10, 2018

Fengdi Guo, a graduate student in the department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, is shown here working on the project.

Software tool could help architects design efficient buildings

MIT researchers develop inexpensive way to perform full lifecycle analysis of design choices as buildings are being planned.

September 5, 2018

Advanced Fiber workshop participants compare the differences between weft knit and warp knit for sweater construction at FIT in New York City. Pictured (clockwise from left) are Veronica Apsan, Melanie Wong, Jesse Doherty, Erika Anderson, Sebastian Pattinson, David Merchan, and Calvin Zhong.

Inventing future fabrics

Advanced Functional Fabrics of America workshop challenges pioneering MIT and FIT students to conceive new ideas.

July 31, 2018

School of Engineering second quarter 2018 awards

Faculty members recognized for excellence via a diverse array of honors, grants, and prizes over the last quarter.

July 17, 2018

Michele Bustamante, a postdoc in the MIT Materials Systems Laboratory, won a Congressional Science and Engineering Fellowship for her research analyzing supply risks and cost dynamics for key metals in high technology.

Where economics and materials science meet

Postdoc Michele Bustamante wins Congressional Fellowship for her research analyzing supply risks and cost dynamics for key metals in high technology.

July 11, 2018

Summer Scholar Abigail Nason (left) and graduate student Takian Fakhrul peer into a pulsed laser deposition chamber for creating thin films that combine magnetic properties and infrared light transparency to serve in waveguides and isolators for integrated photonic chips.

Summer projects in motion

Lab assignments for MIT Materials Research Laboratory undergraduate researchers and teachers cut across disciplines.

July 3, 2018

Carl Thompson is the Stavros Salapatas Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and co-director of the Materials Research Laboratory at MIT.

Broadening the range of material rewards

Headed by Carl Thompson, the newly formed Materials Research Laboratory opens up opportunities for industrial partnerships.

June 18, 2018

A new MIT program will provide regular summer research opportunities in the lab of Assistant Professor Rafael Jaramillo to students from neighboring community colleges. Seen here, Noon Farsab, from Bunker Hill Community College, conducted research in Jaramillo’s lab during the summer of 2017.

GAIN program to connect community college students to career opportunities

Jaramillo lab launches a summer program to broaden the horizons of local students interested in materials science and engineering.

May 31, 2018

2018 Summer Scholars are: (top row, l-r) Danielle Beatty, Alvin Chang, Simon Egner, Elizabeth Hallett; (middle row, l-r) Julianna LaLane; Michael Molinski, Abigail Nason, Fernando Nieves Munoz; (bottom row, l-r) Sarai Patterson, Sabrina Shen, Ryan Tollefsen, and Ekaterina Tsotsos.

Introducing the 2018 Summer Scholars

Undergraduates from around the U.S. seek life-enriching experiences through MIT Materials Research Laboratory science and engineering internships.

May 7, 2018

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