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Applied Diamond, Inc. was awarded a $206,380 project grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a diamond detector system for ion-beam diagnostics. The grant-funded project will support the design and testing of an innovative diamond-based detector that can be used to characterize the properties of ion beams with unprecedented resolution. This detector system aligns with the Office of Science's mission...

This Project Grant award of $274,586 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program aims to address the critical need for high-purity diamond substrates in various scientific programs. The primary recipient, Single Crystal Diamond Inc., will utilize plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PE-CVD) to grow and fabricate large 10 mm diamond substrates, which are currently not commonly available. The research objectives include...

This $2,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Michigan State University (MSU) aims to develop an automated cybermanufacturing approach for semiconductor chip production using diamond as the flagship material. The key objectives are to: Use AI monitoring, defect detection, and process analysis to automate semiconductor manufacturing processes, especially for promising materials like diamond that have unparalleled thermal...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (CFDA #47.041) awarded a 3-year, $442,800 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to conduct fundamental research on improving the high-pressure, high-temperature manufacturing process for producing large, high-quality diamond single crystals. The research aims to increase the size, quality, and cost-effectiveness of synthetic diamond production, enabling new applications in optical elements, radiation...

This $400,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Human Resource Development supports research exploring strongly coupled spin-photon systems with dense ensembles of nitrogen-vacancy and silicon-divacancy color centers in diamond. Funded under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076), the two-year award aims to reach the strong coupling regime between defect-excitations, cavities, and photons in diamond. Analytical and numerical methods will be used to inverse design...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $1,149,948 Project Grant to Carbon Technology Inc. under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program. The objectives of this 12-month project are to: 1) improve the yield of single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with an increased ratio of semiconducting to metallic CNTs; 2) develop volume-manufacturable CNT dielectric coatings; 3) use the improved CNTs and dielectric to fabricate...

Euclid Beamlabs LLC was awarded a $205,478 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to support work on "RADIATION TOLERANT DIAMOND GAIN STRUCTURES FOR PHOTON DETECTION" through May 31, 2022. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Specifically, the grant funding will...

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 Project Grant award, valued at $1,000,000.00, was provided by the Department of Defense under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The award supports research to integrate diamond with ultrawide bandgap oxides, including growth, characterization, and modeling with artificial intelligence. The awardee, Texas State University, will conduct this interdisciplinary research project over a 4-year period from April 2025 to April 2029. The...

The National Science Foundation awarded Duke University a $299,668 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a robust, scalable process for creating diamond nitrogen-vacancy center quantum bits. This Early-Concept Grant for Exploratory Research will support innovative research demonstrating a new approach using diamond growth techniques coupled with carbon nanotube electron beam irradiation to create the defects needed for quantum bit implementation. The goal is to...