Highlights

Members of IRG-III of the MIT MRSEC have demonstrated a light emitting device application of quantum dots. They show that white light can be generated in a layered device that combines organic semiconductor layers with a single monolayer of quantum dots.

Inspired by the remarkable accomplishment of the tiny Stenocara beetle, R. Cohen and M. Rubner of IRG-II of the MIT MRSEC have created a synthetic mimic of the beetle’s unique surface pattern of water-attracting (hydrophilic) and super water-repelling (superhydrophobic) regions…

MRSEC researchers at MIT, in collaboration with scientists from the State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNY), have modified the crystal structure of Li(Ni.5 Mn.5 )O2, a material that exhibits high energy density but loses almost of all its storage capacity when charged quickly.

In October 2005, a “Materials Day at MIT” outreach symposium was held that focused on new research developments from the MIT MRSEC program.