Semiconductors

Innovations Excitons Let Scientists Reshape Quantum Materials With Less Light

Floquet engineering aims to change a material’s electronic behavior with a repeating drive. Researchers show excitons can do the job far better than intense laser fields.

Discoveries Silicon vibrations add a new twist to dark matter research and quantum computing Joshua Shavit

Innovations New squishy material could make future devices faster and more energy efficient

Discoveries Single-atom-thick gold (Goldene) opens doors to a clean-tech revolution

Discoveries Scientists Create World’s First Semiconductor Made From Graphene

Discoveries MIT researchers discover the “best possible” semiconductor material

Discoveries MIT scientists 3D print low-cost plasma sensors for orbiting spacecraft

Global Good Researchers snap first image of an ‘electron ice’