by RLE at MIT | Jan 19, 2016 | News Links
Michael Watts took two decades to make the 20-mile trip from suburban Hingham to tenure at MIT. « more » Related Links: Local boy makes good (MIT News) Professor Michael Watts Photonic Microsystems...
by RLE at MIT | Jan 11, 2016 | RLE Recent Papers
Ognjen Ilic, Peter Bermel, Gang Chen, John D. Joannopoulos, Ivan Celanovic, and Marin Soljačić doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.309 Abstract: In solar cells, the mismatch between the Sun’s emission spectrum and the cells’ absorption profile limits the efficiency of such...
by RLE at MIT | Jan 11, 2016 | News Links
Researchers combine the warm look of traditional light bulbs with 21st-century energy efficiency. « more » Related Links: A nanophotonic comeback for incandescent bulbs? (MIT News) Tailoring high-temperature radiation and the resurrection of the...
by RLE at MIT | Jan 7, 2016 | News Links
Material could harvest sunlight by day, release heat on demand hours or days later. « more » Related Links: A new way to store solar heat (MIT News) Solid-State Solar Thermal Fuels for Heat Release Applications (Advanced Energy Materials) Professor...
by RLE at MIT | Jan 5, 2016 | Awards, News Links
Three MIT graduate students win Silver Awards for work on catalysts, hydrogels, and magnetic nanoparticles. Ritchie Chen, who works in Assistant Professor Polina Anikeeva’s Bioelectronics Group, was honored for his work on magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical...