Project Grant 2034122
- The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania were awarded a $760,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to support the research project "Perfecting Complex Assemblies of Covalent and Supramolecular Polymers via Biological Principles" from June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2025. The grant was awarded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the national scientific...
- The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania received a three-year $527,186 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to conduct collaborative research quantifying the coarsening kinetics of supported metal nanoparticles. The research will use time-resolved electron microscopy, data analytics and simulations performed by graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania and Northwestern University. Undergraduate students from the...
- This Project Grant award of $510,000.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research by the University of Pennsylvania to develop a fundamental understanding of ion transport mechanisms in polymers. The research aims to characterize the nanoscale morphologies and solvent effects that promote cation transport in newly designed polymeric materials. Key activities include conductivity measurements, spectroscopy, and in-depth...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded a $275,000 Project Grant to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to support collaborative research controlling nanoscale self-assembly via binding-induced polarization. Over the three-year period from August 2022 to July 2025, researchers from Penn State University and the University of Pennsylvania will investigate the impact of Lewis acid-base...
- The University of Houston received a three-year $280,529 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems to support collaborative research on the role of polymer sequence on penetrant transport in charged brushes. The grant supports research from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024 under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA #47.041). The NSF Engineering directorate seeks to improve quality of life and economic...
- The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania received a three-year $426,556 project grant from the National Science Foundation to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: LEVERAGING FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS FOR EFFICIENT CONTROL IN GEOPHYSICAL FLOWS" under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The University will conduct collaborative research from November 2021 to October 2024 leveraging fluid-structure interactions to develop more efficient control technologies for...
- The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania were awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry to support research on oxidation in fragment coupling and fragmentation from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024. The grant funds research that aims to promote progress in the mathematical and physical sciences by increasing knowledge and understanding of major problems confronting the nation, as part of NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA...
- This $275,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will fund research at The Pennsylvania State University and the University of Pennsylvania to control nanoscale self-assembly via binding-induced polarization. Over the three-year period from August 2022 to July 2025, researchers Robert Hickey of Penn State University and Robert Riggleman of the University of Pennsylvania will use a combination of experimentation, theory, and...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $436,084 supports research at Carnegie Mellon University from May 2022 through April 2025 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The award will fund the development of novel methods to control interactions between polymer and nanomaterial constituents in polymer nanocomposites. Specifically, the grantee will synthesize brush particle model systems and characterize the structure evolution of liquid-crystal phase...
- This Project Grant award for $200,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at the Stevens Institute of Technology to develop porous polymeric nanoparticles and investigate their porosity-dependent interactions with the surrounding environment. The project aims to control the size and geometry of hydrophobic (water-repelling) pores in the nanoparticles by incorporating and then etching away sacrificial gold nanoparticle templates....
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania received a three-year, $520,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems. The grant supports research into nanoparticle interactions and nanoscale transport in polyelectrolyte brushes from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024. This award will fund investigation into the movement and behavior of nanoparticles within polyelectrolyte brush structures, advancing understanding of transport at the nanoscale. The research aligns with the National Science Foundation Engineering Directorate's goal of fostering innovation in engineering research areas. Outcomes from this work have the potential to contribute to engineering applications at the nanoscale.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $520.0k | 7/16/21 |