Nanofibers
Nanofibers
Gregory Rutledge, professor in the MIT Department of Chemical Engineering, discusses research on nanofibers.
Cellular Injections: 2013 Koch Institute Image Awards Winner
Cellular Injections: 2013 Koch Institute Image Awards Winner
Alex Shalek explains the science behind his striking image, "Cellular Injections: Using Nanowires to Investigate the Causes of Leukemia." Alex's image was selected as a winner of the 2013 Koch Institute Image Awards.
Imaging Viruses with Nanoscale MRI
Imaging Viruses with Nanoscale MRI
Ben Ofori-Okai discusses the concept of orbital degeneracy (two orbitals with the same energy) in relation to his research on nanoscale MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
Jumping water droplets improve power-plant efficiency
Jumping water droplets improve power-plant efficiency
Scalable nanopatterned surfaces designed by MIT researchers could make for more efficient power generation and desalination.
Spinning fibers at the nanoscale
Spinning fibers at the nanoscale
A team of MIT researchers has developed a new way to generate nanofibers, using hardware built through standard chip-manufacturing processes.
Varanasi Group: Achieving New Efficiencies in Existing ...
Varanasi Group: Achieving New Efficiencies in Existing Technologies
Kripa K. VaranasiDoherty Chair in Ocean UtilizationAssociate Professor of Mechanical EngineeringRead more: http://varanasi.mit.edu
Varanasi Group: Industry Applications for Nano-engineered ...
Varanasi Group: Industry Applications for Nano-engineered Surfaces-Coatings
Kripa K. VaranasiDoherty Chair in Ocean UtilizationAssociate Professor of Mechanical EngineeringRead more: http://varanasi.mit.edu
Varanasi Group: New Efficiencies in Thermal Desalination.
Varanasi Group: New Efficiencies in Thermal Desalination.
Kripa K. VaranasiDoherty Chair in Ocean UtilizationAssociate Professor of Mechanical EngineeringRead more: http://varanasi.mit.edu
A new approach to water desalination
A new approach to water desalination
MIT researchers are using graphene, a one-atom-thick form of the element carbon, in the quest to make the earth's oceans a viable source of potable water.
Tinier Wires
Tinier Wires
Researchers at MIT have found a new way of making complex three-dimensional structures using self-assembling polymer materials that form tiny wires and junctions.
Making nanodroplets drop faster
Making nanodroplets drop faster
MIT mechanical engineering graduate student Nenad Miljkovic on condensation, nanodroplet formation, and new nanopatterned surfaces.
Profile: Richard Braatz
Richard Braatz: Moving past trial-and-error
Richard Braatz believes mathematics can help streamline the road to discovery in pharmaceutical manufacturing as well as nanotechnology.
Inside the lab: Daniel G. Anderson, Ph.D.
Inside the lab: Daniel G. Anderson, Ph.D.
Learn more about the work that Professor Anderson's lab is doing to create tiny nanoparticles that can deliver RNA to a cancer cell to stop tumor growth--and how they are collaborating with industry to speed development of this potential therapy.
Nanotechnologies for an Efficient Energy Future (Part 2: ...
Nanotechnologies for an Efficient Energy Future - Part 2 - Q & A - Prof. ...
Please join us for our third MITEI on the Road event of 2011 and hear about promising MIT Energy Initiative research from one of the Institute's leading researchers, Vladimir Bulovi?. The energy-efficient future will be built in part through the adoption of innovative ...
Nanotechnologies for an Efficient Energy Future (Part 1)
Nanotechnologies for an Efficient Energy Future - Part 1 - Prof. Vladimir ...
Please join us for our third MITEI on the Road event of 2011 and hear about promising MIT Energy Initiative research from one of the Institute's leading researchers, Vladimir Bulovi?. The energy-efficient future will be built in part through the adoption of innovative ...
The First Fully Stretchable OLED
The First Fully Stretchable OLED
Researchers at UCLA demonstrate their fully stretchable OLED. They achieved the feat by sandwiching a carbon nanotube-polymer blend on either side of a light-emitting plastic.
Geoffrey von Maltzahn: $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize ...
Lemelson-MIT EurekaFest 2009 - $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize Winner ...
Geoffrey von Maltzahn, $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize winner, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, presents his inventions in nanomedicine, including a new class of cancer therapeutics and a new paradigm for enhancing drug delivery to tumors.
Nate Lewis - Sunlight-driven hydrogen formation by ...
Nate Lewis - Sunlight-driven hydrogen formation by membrane-supported ...
This seminar was presented on March 10, 2009 as part of the MITEI Seminar Series. This talk will discuss the research frontier involved with the development of an integrated system based on semiconductor nanowires that act as artificial photosynthetic pigments, which ...
Nano origami
Nano origami
In this video, flaps of a polymer sheet are folded into a corner of a cube. An external magnetic field interacts with a current flowing through wires embedded in the sheet, causing the sheets to fold up.
T cell migration on ICAM surface
T cell migration on ICAM surface
A T cell with a polymer "backpack" attached moves across a surface. The backpack does not impede its normal motion.