Project Grant 2213412

This two-year, $499,868 National Science Foundation project grant will fund research at the State University of New York College at Buffalo to design rare-earth kagome materials with multiple functionalities for critical roles in technologies such as high-speed computing, clean energy, automotive, and defense industries. Specifically, the grant will support efforts to discover new magnetically inspired topological phases by tuning carrier properties via design and synthesis of 4f-based systems. Researchers will also examine the role of defects, structural variations, and compositional variations in the electronic structures of proposed materials, with emphasis on unique magneto-transport properties, anomalous and quantum Hall effects, and evolution of electronic structures with temperature, pressure, and magnetic phases. Work will involve synthesis of bulk single-crystalline materials and characterization of their crystallographic, magnetic, electrical, thermodynamic, microstructural, and spectroscopic properties. The Research Foundation for the State University of New York will receive the funding as the prime awardee, with the sub-awardee being the Sponsored Programs Office - System Administration.