Vladimir Bulovic

Director of MIT.nano

Department
Office of the Vice President for Research
Technology Areas
Chemicals & Materials: Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials, Catalysis & Synthesis, Composites, Polymers, Metals / Electronics & Photonics: Lasers, Semiconductors, Photonics, Quantum Technology / Computer Science: Networking & Signals / Sensing & Imaging: Chemical & Radiation Sensing, Imaging, Optical Sensing / Biotechnology: Biomanufacturing, Biomedical Devices & Systems / Energy & Distribution: Electrochemical Devices, Photovoltaics, Nuclear & Fusion, Distribution, Energy Storage / Communication Systems: Optical / Industrial Engineering & Automation: Manufacturing & Equipment

A visionary leader in emerging technologies, revolutionizing organic and nanostructured electronics.

Background and Experience

Vladimir Bulović is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, holding the Fariborz Maseeh Chair in Emerging Technology. He directs the Organic and Nanostructured Electronics Laboratory, co-leads the MIT-Eni Solar Frontiers Center, leads the Tata GridEdge program, and is the Founding Director of MIT.nano, MIT's new 200,000 sqft nano-fabrication, nano-characterization, and prototyping facility that opened in the summer of 2018. He is an author of over 250 research articles (cited over 45,000 times) and an inventor of over 100 U.S. patents in areas of light emitting diodes, lasers, photovoltaics, photodetectors, chemical sensors, programmable memories, and micro-electro machines, majority of which have been licensed and utilized by both start-up and multinational companies.

Technologies

Critically Coupled Resonator

Technology / Case number: #12081
Vladimir Bulovic / Michael Bradley / Jonathan Tischler
Technology Areas: Electronics & Photonics / Sensing & Imaging
Impact Areas: Connected World
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MEMS Devices Formed by Contact Transfer Stamping Process

Technology / Case number: #13933
Vladimir Bulovic / Gleb Akselrod / Apoorva Murarka / Corinne Packard / Vanessa Wood
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Electronics & Photonics
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Electronically-Controlled Squishable-Composite Switch - "Squitch"

Technology / Case number: #14594
Jeffrey Lang / Farnaz Niroui / Sarah Paydavosi / Frank Yaul / Jeffrey C. Grossman / Apoorva Murarka / Trisha Andrew / Annie I Wang / Vladimir Bulovic
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Energy & Distribution
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Upconversion and Downconversion Utilizing Thin Film Colloidal Nanocrystals and Organic Materials

Technology / Case number: #17397
Moungi G Bawendi / Mengfei Wu / Mark Wilson / Nicholas Thompson / Daniel Congreve / Marc Baldo / Vladimir Bulovic
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Energy & Distribution / Sensing & Imaging
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Improved Performance and Stability in Quantum Dot Solar Cells through Band Alignment Engineering

Technology / Case number: #16759
Moungi G Bawendi / Patrick Brown / Chia-Hao Chuang / Vladimir Bulovic
Technology Areas: Electronics & Photonics / Energy & Distribution
Impact Areas: Climate Stabilization
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High Efficiency and Brightness Near-Infrared Quantum-Dot LEDs Using Core-Shell (PBS-CDS) Colloidal Quantum- Dots

Technology / Case number: #16034
Moungi G Bawendi / Yasuhiro Shirasaki / Jennifer Scherer / Raoul Correa / Gyuweon Hwang / Katherine Song / Geoffrey Supran / Vladimir Bulovic
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Electronics & Photonics / Industrial Engineering & Automation
Impact Areas: Connected World
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Photovoltaics on Paper and Plastic Enabled by Oxidative Chemical Vapor Deposition (oCVD)

Technology / Case number: #14292
Karen Gleason / Jill Macko / Miles Barr / Vladimir Bulovic
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Electronics & Photonics / Energy & Distribution
Impact Areas: Sustainable Future
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Transparent Excitonic Solar Cell for Improved Power Generating Windows

Technology / Case number: #14539
Vladimir Bulovic / Richard Lunt
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Energy & Distribution
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Tunneling Nanoelectromechanical Devices for Analog and Digital Switches

Technology / Case number: #16084
Jeffrey Lang / Parag Deotare / Ellen Sletten / Matthew D'Asaro / Farnaz Niroui / Apoorva Murarka / Trisha Andrew / Annie I Wang / Vladimir Bulovic / Timothy Manning Swager / Hae-Seung Lee
Technology Areas: Energy & Distribution / Industrial Engineering & Automation
Impact Areas: Sustainable Future
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Transparent, Near-infrared Luminescence Solar Concentrator for Power Generating Windows

Technology / Case number: #15046
Vladimir Bulovic / Richard Lunt / Miles Barr
Technology Areas: Electronics & Photonics / Energy & Distribution
Impact Areas: Sustainable Future
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