This $375,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) supports a collaborative research project to understand the role of surface-bound ligands on metals in the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Professors Eranda Nikolla from the University of Michigan and Will Medlin from the University of Colorado Boulder are leading this multi-institutional...
Purdue University was awarded a $414,509 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation on August 15, 2021 to complete work by July 31, 2024. The grant is part of NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to advance scientific knowledge and address major problems through support of mathematical and physical sciences research and education. Specifically, the funding will support Purdue University's collaborative research project titled "Theoretical...
Purdue University was awarded a $272,475 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation on June 1, 2021 to complete the project by May 31, 2024. The grant is part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise. Under this award, Purdue University researchers will conduct collaborative research on graphite-conjugated macrocycle electrocatalysts for nitrate reduction. The...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Purdue University a $575,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The grant supports Professor Christopher Uyeda's research on developing multi-metallic catalysts to improve the efficiency and sustainability of chemical processes used in medicine, agriculture, and polymer chemistry. Key activities include designing new ligands that can bind multiple metals to create more active and...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program provides $375,000 over 3 years, starting on July 1, 2024, to Professors Eranda Nikolla of the University of Michigan and Will Medlin of the University of Colorado Boulder to conduct research on new heterogeneous catalysts for the direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide. The researchers aim to systematically study how the near-surface environment, including the structure and density of...
This Project Grant award of $450,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports Purdue University's research to develop new electroanalytical tools for studying chemistry in microdroplets. The project aims to provide detailed insights into how chemical reactions are accelerated and how reactive species are generated at the interface of small liquid droplets suspended in gas or immiscible liquids. The new measurement methods will...
Purdue University was awarded a $299,833 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry on January 1, 2022 for research titled "NON-MEAN FIELD TREATMENTS OF SURFACE CHEMISTRY: INCORPORATING ADSORBATE-ADSORBATE INTERACTIONS INTO DETERMINISTIC KINETIC THEORIES." The research is being conducted under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the nation's...
Purdue University will receive $450,000 from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program to develop new molecular catalysts for artificial photosynthesis from August 2022 to July 2025. The university will conduct research focused on the multi-electron chemical process of artificial photosynthesis, including developing and characterizing new and known iron-based molecular water oxidation catalysts. Professor Yulia Pushkar and her team will...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded Purdue University a $475,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research titled "DINUCLEAR METALLACYCLES AS INTERMEDIATES IN CATALYSIS" from June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2024. This funding will allow Purdue University researchers to investigate dinuclear metallocycles as potential intermediates in catalytic reactions, with the goal of increasing understanding of...
Purdue University was awarded a three-year, $443,065 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support research developing a general synthetic platform for atomically-precise functionalization of two-dimensional nanomaterials. By advancing techniques to functionalize two-dimensional materials at the atomic level with precise control, this work is expected to generate new...