A flexible array of gallium arsenide solar cells.Research Highlights
Nature: Semiconductor manufacturing technique holds promise for solar energy
MRL Principal Investigators John Rogers (MatSE) and Xiuling Li (ECE) are exploring lower-cost methods to manufacture gallium arsenide thin films for compund semiconductor production, highlighted in a Nature Letter.
Advanced Materials special issue: Materials@Illinois
Wiley VCH journal Advanced Materials has issued a March 2010 special issue focusing on the Materials Research Laboratory. MRL Director Jennifer A. Lewis and postdoctoral research associate Eric Duoss served as guest editors.
PNAS: Water droplets direct self-assembly process in thin-film materials
MRL Principal Investigators Jennifer Lewis (MatSE), Ralph Nuzzo (Chem), John Rogers (MatSE), and colleagues have developed a technique for fabricating three-dimensional, single-crystalline silicon structures from thin films by coupling photolithography and a self-folding process driven by capillary interactions.
Rogers named 2009 MacArthur Fellow
MRL Principal Investigator Prof. John Rogers (MatSE) has been named a 2009 MacArthur Fellow. The MacArthur Fellows Program awards unrestricted fellowships to talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.
Science: Ultrathin LEDs create new classes of lighting and displays
Prof. John Rogers (MatSE) and colleagues have created a new process for the production of ultrathin, ultrasmall inorganic light-emitting diodes. The invention will enable new classes of lighting and flexible display systems.
TEAM stage recognized in 2009 R&D 100 Awards
A novel nano-positioning stage for electron microscopy co-invented by FSMRL Central Facilities Director Ivan Petrov and staff members Todor Donchev and Eric Olson has been awarded a 2009 R&D 100 Award.
New silver-based ink has applications in printed electronics
FS-MRL Director Jennifer Lewis (MatSE) and colleagues Ralph Nuzzo (Chemistry) and John Rogers (MatSE) have developed a new ink composed of silver nanoparticles which can be used in electronic and optoelectronic applications to create flexible, stretchable, and spanning microelectrodes.
Fradkin elected fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Prof. Eduardo Fradkin (Physics) has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as part of 212 honorees in the class of 2009.
Petrov receives 2009 AVS R.F. Bunshah Award
New imaging technique reveals the atomic structure of nanocrystals
Granick awarded 2009 APS Polymer Physics Prize
PNAS: Ultrafast images of an exciton reveal its internal structure
Nature: Stretchable silicon camera next step to artificial retina
