Making nanoparticle building blocks for new materials
Some researchers are driven by the quest to improve a specific product, like a battery or a semiconductor. Others are motivated by tackling questions faced by a given industry. Rob Macfarlane, MIT's Paul M. Cook Associate Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, is driven by a more fundamental desire.
"I like to make things," Macfarlane says. "I want to make materials that can be fu