This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $521,832 supports research to develop an "all-on-a-chip" nanomanufacturing system capable of additively printing three-dimensional features at the deep-nanometer scale. The research aims to leverage advancements in electrified droplet ejection and nanofluidics to enable the use of yoctoliter-to-zeptoliter scale droplets for high-resolution, integrated circuit-compatible additive...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to support research that develops a novel approach to metamaterials engineering and manufacturing for emerging optoelectronics. The project at the University of Michigan will utilize a combination of advanced manufacturing tools and focused-ion-beam-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy to pattern and integrate high-purity non-precious metals with high-quality semiconductors. The...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop a scalable manufacturing process for three-dimensional nanostructured materials. The funding supports an I-Corps project to commercialize a lithographic nanomanufacturing technique using colloidal particles for volumetric patterning of photosensitive polymers. This bottom-up self-assembly approach aims to...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $343,615 supports research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln into ion-surface interaction-driven manufacturing of one-dimensional metal oxide heterostructures from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025. The research aims to advance manufacturing techniques for producing large-area arrays of nanostructures with precise geometrical shape and elemental composition control for applications in areas such as biomedical sensing and quantum technologies....
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $539,987 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Federal Grant Program to the University of Notre Dame. The grant will support Professor Svetlana Neretina's research to establish new photochemical routes for the synthesis of ultrathin, large-area, single-crystal gold nanoplates on amorphous surfaces. The project aims to provide a mechanistic understanding of this novel growth modality, which distinguishes itself...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.083 - Integrative Activities) provides $549,754 to Georgetown University to acquire a state-of-the-art 3-dimensional nanolithography instrument. The instrument will enable a broad range of advanced materials research projects with potential technological impacts in areas such as information storage, nanoelectronics, filtration, biomimetics, and metamaterials. The shared instrument will support research and educational...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation supports research to advance manufacturing processes for semiconductor electronic and quantum devices at the atomic scale. Funded for $292,392 over two years from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024, the award supports the University of Maryland, College Park under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The research aims to develop robust manufacturing techniques with...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation from June 2021 through May 2026 under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant funds research to develop rapid manufacturing techniques for three-dimensional nanostructures using projection two-photon lithography. This process could enable new types of nano-enabled devices by allowing for faster and more precise fabrication of nanoscale components. The research is being...
This $350,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of nanoscale single photon 3D printing technology at Purdue University from January 2023 through December 2024. Funded through NSF's Engineering Directorate under the CFDA 47.041 program for engineering research and education, this award contributes to the Foundation's mission of progressing science and supporting national prosperity and security. Specifically, the project aims to advance nanomanufacturing...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's $470,298 Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at the University of California, Davis to develop scalable nanomanufacturing processes for organic electronics using laser patterning in a continuous solvent flow liquid cell. The research aims to modify existing photolithography tools and methods to enable optical micropatterning of organic semiconducting polymers into electronic circuits. This will allow for micro and...