Project Grant 1308972

This $475,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support theoretical research and education on the physics of strongly correlated quantum materials at William Marsh Rice University from September 2022 through August 2025. Specifically, the Principal Investigator will apply and develop theoretical methods to study quantum criticality in heavy fermion systems, novel phases that emerge near quantum critical points such as candidate...

The National Science Foundation awarded a three-year $435,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Berkeley under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to explore correlated electron states in single-layer field-effect transistors. Through October 2022 to September 2025, the university will characterize the local electronic structure of highly correlated two-dimensional materials using a combination of gate-tunable field effect transistors and scanning...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) provides $390,000 over three years to support theoretical research on electron transport and energy relaxation in topological and superconducting materials. The key research aims include: Investigating the topological surface and bulk effects in the excitonic insulator phase of Weyl semimetals. Studying nonreciprocal electron transport in...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program, provides $586,120 to Cornell University to conduct research on the origin of Planckian scattering in strange metals. The research aims to use the world's strongest magnetic fields and ultrasound to investigate whether the proposed "Planckian limit" on electron scattering in metals is a fundamental...

This $1.3 million National Science Foundation project grant supports optical study of electron correlation in graphene-based moiré superlattices at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology through July 2026. The grant advances understanding of carbon-based materials under the NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Key deliverables include the first infrared spectroscopy data on several graphene moiré superlattices, revealing critical energy scales for electron...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $479,313 to the University of California, Davis from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The grant supports research into quantum criticality in correlated electron materials through controlled nuclear magnetic resonance experiments on select materials. Key objectives include developing a deeper understanding of strongly...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports research by Diana Qiu of Yale University to develop theoretical and computational tools to understand how electrons in materials interact with circularly polarized light. The $424,443 award, running from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, will focus on hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite materials that can couple...

This $590,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will support a study by Professors Oliver Monti of the University of Arizona and Yonatan Dubi of Ben Gurion University on the emergence of spin polarization at chiral interfaces. The researchers will utilize sophisticated electron spectroscopies and scattering theory to characterize the transmission of electrons passing through layers of chiral molecules, with the goal...

This Project Grant award of $416,387 from the National Science Foundation's (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) program supports a collaborative research project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to investigate emergent phenomena and novel correlated phases of matter in a unique family of crystalline 2D semiconductor materials. The project aims to leverage the high material quality, electric gate tunability, and strongly interacting electrons within highly...

This Project Grant awarded by the Division of Chemistry, Office of Strategic Initiatives, and Division of Materials Research at the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) provides $2,000,000 to Prof. Ying Diao and collaborators at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Washington to develop novel approaches to impart materials with the ability to control electron spin. The project aims to unveil fundamental design rules for...