SelfAssemble

Illustration of the core of the photonic cavity that was fabricated as two halves that assembled themselves into one unit. The cavity confines light inside the gap, which is only a few atoms wide as indicated in the field of view of the magnifying glass. Credit: Thor A. S. Weis In a new Nature paper, two nanotechnology approaches converge by employing a new generation of fabrication technology. It combines the scalability of semiconductor technology with the atomic dimensions enabled by self-assembly. A central goal in…

Solar-thermal technology has potential as an environmentally friendly energy source to address the fossil fuel crisis. However, current solar energy harvesters have limitations in scalability and flexibility. To address these challenges, researchers have designed a new solar harvester with enhanced energy conversion capabilities. The new design aims to simplify fabrication and reduce costs while improving performance.Creating an efficient, cost-effective, and flexible solar energy harvesting design based on self-assembled…

by Market Trends November 27, 2022 Researchers at MIT’s Centre for Bits and Atoms are putting their hard efforts into an ambitious project, designing robots that effectively self-assemble. The team feels that the goal of an autonomous self-building robot is not much easy to achieve but the work in this field, thus far, demonstrated positive results. At the system’s centre are voxels (a term borrowed from computer graphics), which carry power and data that can be shared between pieces. The pieces form the foundation of…