The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry is providing a $522,354 Project Grant to Cornell University to conduct research on "Vibrational Coherence Probes of Polariton Photochemistry." The project, which runs from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2028, will use cutting-edge ultrafast laser-based techniques to study how light-matter interactions can alter the properties and dynamics of molecules in photonic structures. The goal is to develop a better understanding of...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Columbia University for research titled "CAS: NEAR-INFRARED LIGHT CONTROL OF METAL CATALYZED REACTIONS AND POLYMERIZATIONS." The three-year award runs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. Under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), Columbia University researchers will investigate using near-infrared light to control metal-catalyzed reactions and polymerizations. The...
This $388,983 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry's Chemical Measurement & Imaging Program and Chemistry of Life Processes Program supports the development of a new optical microscope by Professor Eric Potma at the University of California, Irvine. The instrument leverages chiral sum-frequency generation (SFG) microscopy to visualize protein structures in cells and tissues without the need for chemical labeling. This label-free imaging...
Colorado State University was awarded a three-year, $510,200 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support development of a tunable, broad bandwidth 2D IR microscope for quantitative chemical imaging near reactive surfaces. This instrument will allow researchers to observe chemical dynamics with high spatial and temporal resolution, advancing understanding of...
This $373,344 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports a collaborative research project led by Professors Julie Biteen of the University of Michigan and David Masiello of the University of Washington. The project aims to develop a multifunctional, high-sensitivity instrument to measure plasmon-enhanced chirality and enable the sensing of subtle, heterogeneous...
Purdue University will receive $480,000 over three years from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop new microscopy techniques for studying molecular polariton transport. Professor Libai Huang and her research group will work to image the propagation of polaritons in molecular aggregates with 15 femtosecond temporal and 50 nanometer spatial resolution, as well as momentum selectivity. They will investigate the roles of...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $550,000 to the University of Colorado Boulder for a 3-year research project led by Professor Markus Raschke. The project aims to combine nano-scale imaging and spectroscopy with optical nano-cavity concepts to study fundamental electronic and vibrational processes in chemical systems. Key research goals include: Applying tip-enhanced nano-cavity spectroscopy...
This $650,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry supports the research of Dr. Raphael Florentino Ribeiro of Emory University. The award, effective December 1, 2023 through November 30, 2028, aims to develop new theoretical approaches and computational methods for investigating chemical phenomena in microenvironments that confine light and interact strongly with matter. The research will computationally explore strategies to achieve...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant, funded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), aims to leverage novel light-matter interactions to minimize scattering and resistance in two-dimensional semiconductor materials. The $283,100 award, effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2030, supports research to suppress charge carrier-defect scattering through strong light-electronic excitation coupling, and to accelerate exciton and charge transport across...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded a 3-year, $565,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Professor Martin Zanni at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The grant supports the development of a spatially resolved two-dimensional white-light microscope to study charge and exciton transport in perovskite microcrystals and heterogeneous semiconductor thin films. The goal is to measure and understand how microscopic...