The National Science Foundation awarded a $900,000 project grant to the University of Texas at Austin from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant funds collaborative research to accelerate the discovery of artificial multiferoic materials with enhanced magnetoelectric coupling. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise by increasing fundamental knowledge and...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $774,759 project grant to the University of Texas at Austin from the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for collaborative research on quasi-direct semiconductors. The four-year award beginning October 2021 will support the development of new materials for semiconductor applications through collaborative research on direct bandgap semiconductors. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to strengthen the nation's...
The University of Texas at Austin received a $561,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on November 15, 2021 to complete the project by September 30, 2024. The grant was awarded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which supports progress in these scientific fields to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise. Specifically, the university will conduct research to modulate metalloprotein activities through fine-tuning reduction...
The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded a $157,361 project grant to the University of Texas at Austin from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support research related to gravity, holography, and spacetime. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise by promoting progress in mathematical and physical sciences and increasing...
The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a three-year, $450,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support research into boron dipyrromethane photocages for mild and selective light-driven polymer chemistry from September 2021 through August 2024. The funding will enable the development of photolabile protecting groups to enable light-triggered reactions for polymer synthesis and modification,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $399,999 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). The funding supports a collaborative research project to develop and harness quasi-one-dimensional topological materials for novel electronic, optoelectronic, and sensing functionalities. The project aims to overcome key challenges in current topological insulator materials by focusing on quasi-one-dimensional...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year, $245,906 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Texas at Austin. The grant supports research on the nonequilibrium dynamics of spin-correlated excitons in semiconducting van der Waals magnets. The project aims to gain a profound understanding of these exotic particles, explore their microscopic interactions, and develop methods to enhance their coherence over macroscopic...
The University of Texas at Arlington received a $316,336 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research on "NEW OXYSULFIDE PEROVSKITES FOR PHOTOCATALYTIC AND PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS" from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2023. The grant aims to advance the University's work developing new oxy sulfide perovskite materials with applications in photocatalysis and photovoltaics. The funding will support the...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $827,593 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Texas at Austin. The grant funds the development of a unique "Multiple Aperture Grating Pattern Inscription Engine" (MAGPIE) machine that can write nanometer-scale grating patterns over very large areas. This capability will enable the fabrication of highly efficient, large-format astronomical diffraction gratings needed for...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $629,867 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Texas at Austin. The funding supports research by Dr. Doran Bennett to develop new computational methods for simulating excited-state dynamics and nonlinear spectroscopy of molecular materials at the mesoscale (10nm - 1μm). The project aims to establish how specific materials absorb and deploy energy from light, providing essential...