This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, provides $500,000 in funding to the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) for theoretical and computational research and education in solid state physics and materials science. The key objectives are to use quantum theory, high-performance computing, and new concepts like topology to explain and predict the...
The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley, was awarded a $393,391 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research. The grant supports research into defects in transition metal dichalcogenide materials under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The three-year award beginning February 1, 2022 will fund investigation into dislocation centers and their behavior under external...
The Regents of the University of California, Berkeley received a $700,077 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to investigate nonequilibrium states and photoinduced transitions in topological superlattices. The research focuses on a ferroelectric/paraelectric heterostructure composed of alternating strontium titanate and lead titanate layers (STO-PTO), which exhibit complex...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $712,112 Project Grant to the University of California, Berkeley under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research titled "A COORDINATION CHEMISTRY APPROACH TO THE SYNTHESIS OF SINGLE- MOLECULE MAGNETS" from May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2024. The grant funding will support the University's research efforts to advance the synthesis of single-molecule magnets using coordination chemistry approaches. As the...
This $200,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a collaborative research project led by the University of California, Berkeley to develop and harness quasi-one-dimensional topological materials for novel electronic, optoelectronic, and sensing functionalities. The project aims to overcome current limitations of topological insulators by focusing on quasi-1D materials, which have the potential to enable new...
The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded a $870,000 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley. The 3-year grant, starting on September 1, 2023 and ending on August 31, 2026, is funded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop an advanced instrument combining nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), electron paramagnetic resonance...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) grant, awarded to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside (UC Riverside), provides $270,000.00 over 5 years (July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2029) to conduct theoretical research and educational activities related to developing non-dissipative spintronic devices using monostructural magnetic topological materials. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: Establishing...
The University of California, San Diego was awarded a $413,262 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support collaborative research to engineer, image, and control three-dimensional topological magnetic materials from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to advance scientific knowledge and enhance understanding of major problems through support of research...
The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Division of Materials Research, awarded a $392,601 Project Grant to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley. The grant supports research under NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, which aims to promote progress in the mathematical and physical sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise. The grant enables UC Berkeley to investigate the...
The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley, received a $375,213 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory on May 1, 2021 to complete work by April 30, 2023. The grant funding supports magnetic imaging of two-dimensional quantum materials to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs. The University of California, Berkeley will conduct this...