Cooperative Agreement FA94531720010

This Project Grant award, valued at $1,161,922.00, was issued by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to the University of Wisconsin System for a research project titled "Mechanistic, Quantitative Understanding of the Dynamics of Many, Interacting Defect Clusters for Tailoring Irradiation Responses." The key objectives of this research project are to develop a better fundamental understanding of radiation-induced defect dynamics...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program grant award of $158,000 supports the development of a multiscale simulation tool that fuses quantum, atomistic, and mesoscale models through machine learning to advance the understanding of how semiconductors deform under light exposure. The project aims to establish a computational framework and knowledge database that can be applied not only to photoplasticity, but also to electro- and chemo-plasticity in...

This $165,217 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research by Washington State University (WSU) to investigate persistent optical phenomena in oxide semiconductors. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: Advancing fundamental knowledge about persistent photoconductivity and photochromism in oxide semiconductors, with the goal of developing a unified defect model to...

Arizona State University was awarded a $196,836 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program to conduct fundamental research elucidating how light-induced excitation controls the mechanical behavior of photovoltaic semiconductors. Under this May 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023 award, the University will use multiscale modeling and experimental techniques to characterize the influence of photoinduced electron-hole excitation on deformation mechanisms like...

This $431,962 National Science Foundation (NSF) Environmental Engineering (CFDA 47.041) award to Arizona State University aims to investigate methods for improving the environmental stability of two-dimensional quantum materials, which have potential applications in electronic devices, quantum computing, and advanced sensing. The research project will focus on understanding the degradation mechanisms of halide- and telluride-based quantum materials when exposed to common manufacturing...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded a 2-year, $238,316 Project Grant to Wesleyan University to develop new non-contact terahertz characterization techniques to study charge carrier transport in phase-stable hybrid perovskite materials. The project, titled "LEAPS-MPS: TIME- AND DEPTH-RESOLVED CHARGE CARRIER TRANSPORT IN PHASE STABLE HYBRID PEROVSKITES", aims to increase the probing window from picosecond to millisecond...

Radiasoft LLC was awarded a $202,034 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 27, 2022 to develop conformal mapping techniques for high-speed simulations of structure wakefield accelerators. The grant is part of the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports basic research to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. Under the...

This three-year $484,620 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports the development of quantum chemical methods to study photon and electron driven processes at Temple University. Professor Spiridoula Matsika and her research group will develop efficient and accurate computational tools to describe chemical reactions and phenomena initiated by light or electrons, with a focus on...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Project Grant award of $166,212 to the University of Texas at Austin supports research to advance the understanding and control of single-photon emission in atomically thin semiconductor materials. The key objectives are: Demonstration, characterization, and optimization of dynamically controllable, strain-dependent single-photon emission from atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD)...

This $550,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry's Chemical Structure and Dynamics (CSD) program supports Professor Markus Raschke of the University of Colorado Boulder in combining nano-scale imaging and spectroscopy with novel optical nano-cavity concepts. The goal is to study elementary electronic and vibrational excitations in chemical systems, with a focus on understanding non-radiative relaxation and vibrational energy flow in molecules and...