Guide to Graduate Study in Area V: Materials and Devices
Research Programs
The following is a description, in key words and phrases, of the current research in each of the major research clusters in Area V. A more detailed description of recent research will be found in the three publications: (1) "Research in Materials, MIT Annual Report;" (2) Annual Report of the Microsystems Technology Laboratories; and (3) "Progress Report of the Research Laboratory of Electronics."
> Semiconductor Devices and Microelectronics
A. I. Akinwande, D. A. Antoniadis, J. A. del Alamo, K.K. Berggren, D. S. Boning, C. G. Fonstad, J. L. Hoyt, Q. Hu, L.A. Kolodziejski, J. Lang, H-S. Lee, T. Palacios, L. R. Reif, M. A. Schmidt, C. G. Sodini, J. Voldman, J. Han
- Microelectronics
- Integrated Circuits
- VLSI Technology
- Computer Aids for IC Design
- MOS Devices
- Nanometer Structures
- Compound Semiconductors and Heterostructures
- High Frequency Transistors
- Optoelectronic Devices
- Solid State Sensors, Transducers, Actuators
- Micromachining
- Microelectromechanical (MEMS) Systems
- Novel Processing and Process Modeling
- Electron-beam and X-ray Lithography
- Plasma Processing
- Molecular Beam Epitaxy and Related Techniques
- Flat Panel Displays and Sensors
Optical Materials and Devices
V. Bulovic, C. G. Fonstad, L.A. Kolodziejski, R. Ram, C. Warde, M. Baldo
- Optically Pumped Lasers
- Photonic Bandgap Structures
- Laser Spectroscopy
- Optical Properties of Solids
- Lasers for Fiber Optic Communications
- Semiconductor Lasers
- Organic Semiconductors
- Organic LEDs, Lasers, and Optoelectronic Devices
- Compound Semiconductors
Solid State Physics and Applications
M.S. Dresselhaus, Q. Hu, R. Ram, T.P. Orlando, M. Baldo, Jing Kong, K. Berggren
- Optical Properties of Solids
- Intercalated Graphite Compounds
- Fullerenes and Nanotubes
- Superconducting Electronics
- Interaction between Electronic Materials and Light
- Quantum Computation
- Carbon Nanotubes
Nanoscale Technology (see nanoEECS)
- Nanoelectronics
- Nanomagnetics
- Nano/micro-optics
- Nanomaterials and nanobiomaterials
- Nanofabrication and self-assembly
- Nanobiotechnology
- Nano/micro-mechanics and fluidics
- Nanoscale simulation and numerical modeling
- Quantum information processing
Energy Research (see EECSenergy)
- Generation and Storage
- Thermoelectrics
- Solar Photovoltaics
- Thermophotovoltaics
- Turbine projects
- Micro Energy Harvesters
- Storage
- Energy Efficiency
- Lighting
- Energy use: architectural
- Energy use: electronic devices
- Electricity transmission
- Electric machines
- Transportation