Cornell University was awarded a $329,815 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund research from June 2021 through May 2024 to advance "Mesophase Engineering through Coarse-to-Fine Grained Modeling." As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's goal to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increased understanding of major problems,...
Cornell University was awarded a $450,656 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The three-year award will support research into the hydrofunctionalization of alkenes through non-redox paired electrocatalysis from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The funding will allow Cornell University's Office of Sponsored Programs to advance scientific understanding of major problems in...
The National Science Foundation awarded Cornell University a $446,175 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support research from June 2021 to May 2024 to exploit excitons in atomic monolayers for dielectric sensing. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise by increasing knowledge and understanding of major problems. This award will further those goals by advancing the use of...
Through a $575,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) award, Cornell University will investigate ways of utilizing more abundant 1st row transition metals as alternatives to expensive precious metals commonly used in catalytic chemistry. The primary objective is to develop methods for modifying 1st row transition metal compounds with ligands to provide the chemical reactivity and covalency typically associated with 2nd and 3rd row transition...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded Cornell University a $475,449 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for work titled "Geometric Frustration in Isomerizations of Magic Sized Clusters." The three-year award running from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024 will support Cornell's Office of Sponsored Programs in delivering research exploring geometric frustration phenomena in the isomerization of molecular clusters of a...
Cornell University has been awarded a $360,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). Over a three year period from August 2023 through July 2026, Cornell will deliver three subprojects focused on algebraic combinatorics and algebraic geometry. The subprojects will investigate divided difference operators and Schubert polynomials, characterize the scheme of pairs of...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $1,049,994 Project Grant to Cornell University under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The grant will fund research from January 2022 through December 2026 to develop solvent-free synthesis methods for creating polymeric nanostructures with targeted material properties. Leveraging its expertise in materials engineering and nanotechnology, Cornell University will work to advance environmentally-friendly and cost-effective production...
Cornell University was awarded a $486,205 project grant from the National Science Foundation to develop sequence programmable triazine-thymine synthetic ligands. The grant is part of NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through advancing knowledge and understanding of major problems. Under the three-year award beginning August 2021, Cornell researchers will design and test synthetic ligands that can be...
Cornell University was awarded a three-year $466,802 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct research on "OPTIMALITY AND ROBUSTNESS IN PIECEWISE-DETERMINISTIC SYSTEMS" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. Under this award, Cornell University researchers in Ithaca, New York will analyze mathematical techniques for modeling and controlling systems that exhibit both deterministic and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Cornell University a $588,444 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The grant supports a research project titled "Deciphering and Directing Hierarchical Self-Assembly in Hybrid Chiral Films" that aims to explore the formation mechanisms and optical properties of self-assembling hybrid nanomaterials composed of inorganic magic-sized clusters and organic scaffolding. The goal is to advance...