Cooperative Agreement DEEE0005064

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will support research by Professor Francisco Zaera of the University of California, Riverside to improve the quality of thin metal films grown using atomic layer deposition (ALD) techniques. The $390,000 award, spanning 2025-2027, will focus on developing new surface preconditioning methods to control the size and density of metal...

This SBIR Phase I Project Grant award of $305,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) is advancing semiconductor processing technology. The project aims to develop a novel power generator and applicator system that uses nanosecond-scale high voltage pulses to enhance the quality, reduce processing steps, and lower costs of depositing super-thin coatings for advanced semiconductor manufacturing. The technology,...

This $1,105,668 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will enable the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) to acquire a high-rate Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) system. This critical instrumentation will be located in UNR's new Davidson Foundation Cleanroom and support multidisciplinary research across engineering, quantum technology, materials science, and semiconductor device development. The ALD system will be the first of its kind at...

This Project Grant award, valued at $200,000.00, was provided by the Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Starfire Industries LLC for the development of "MULTILAYER THIN-FILM COATINGS FOR TITANIUM ELECTROLYZER BIPOLAR PLATES USING NEXT-GENERATION QUASI-CONFORMAL PVD WITH PRECISION ION ENERGY CONTROL." The award period runs from July 22, 2024 to July 21, 2025. Starfire Industries, a leading manufacturer of specialized coatings and...

This Project Grant award, titled "TRAILBLAZER: ELECTRON-ENHANCED ATOMIC LAYER PROCESSING FOR REVOLUTIONARY THIN-FILM TECHNOLOGIES", was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The $3,000,000 award will fund research to develop new electron-enhanced atomic layer processing (EE-ALP) techniques that can enable the deposition and etching of electronic materials at lower temperatures compared to traditional atomic layer processing methods. Key...

This $2,130,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) CHADWICK program is focused on developing composited low-activation ultra-high temperature ceramic (UHTC) materials for fusion energy first wall applications. The award recipient, The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RFSUNY) doing business as Stony Brook University, will investigate ways to create high conductivity, tough, radiation and...

The Georgia Institute of Technology received a $550,000 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to develop semiconducting aluminum nitride as a new pathway for high-voltage, power, and temperature ultra-wide bandgap power electronic components. Funded through the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA #12.800), which aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs, the three-year...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $413,362 will support the development of new area selective deposition methods for the low-temperature photoassisted chemical vapor deposition of metals onto functionalized thermally sensitive materials from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. Funded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise, researchers at the University...

Cerium Laboratories LLC was awarded a $206,400 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop silicon nitride protective coatings for accident tolerant fuels through April 28, 2023. The award is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports basic research to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. Cerium Laboratories will leverage its...

The National Science Foundation awarded the University of South Carolina $364,170 under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2024. The funding will support the development of a new high-temperature source metalorganic chemical vapor deposition system to fabricate Group III-nitride semiconductors for power electronics applications. Specifically, the award will enable the design and construction of equipment capable of depositing emerging...