The Regents of the University of Minnesota was awarded a $497,547 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the federal Mathematical and Physical Sciences grant program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct research on novel experimental approaches to superconductivity and strain engineering. The University will pursue two main research approaches - combining stress applied along multiple directions to tune material properties, and investigating the effects of stress leading to permanent material deformation. The research focuses on investigating the influence of deformation-related defects on superconducting and normal-state properties in certain quantum materials such as telluride superconductors, half-Heusler compounds, and conventional semiconductors like silicon and germanium. It also tests predictions of stress-induced metallization and superconductivity in semiconductors. The award period is from May 15, 2023 through April 30, 2026.
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