This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $550,000 to the University of Chicago to develop a new conductive coordination polymer material called NITTFTT. The goal is to optimize the material's properties and explore its applications in electromagnetic shielding and flexible electronics technologies. Key efforts include improving the scalability and cost-effectiveness of the material,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 to Funxion Wear Inc. aims to validate the commercial potential of an erasable dye technology for apparel. The project will refine a proprietary, durable color-changing dye system that can provide repeatable color changes, with the goal of developing a sustainable solution for the $8 billion custom domestic t-shirt market. By leveraging advanced functional materials...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $951,394 Cooperative Agreement under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Ballydel Technologies Inc. for the development of serialized anti-counterfeit labeling technology for pharmaceutical and biological products. The project aims to create a scalable manufacturing process for imprinting covert, encrypted patterns onto labels for individual vaccine vials, incorporating serialized codes to enable traceability...
This $1,000,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program) aims to develop an advanced mid-infrared imaging system to analyze the interactions of chiral drugs with biological tissues. The project, led by the Colorado School of Mines, will leverage recent advancements in detection and metamaterial technologies to transform traditional chiroptical spectrometers into imaging systems. This innovation will...
This $380,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under CFDA Program 47.041 (Engineering) will fund the development of new types of on-chip "topological photodetectors" that can detect and differentiate between different modes and properties of light, such as its phase, polarization, and orbital angular momentum. These novel photodetectors, based on emerging quantum materials like Weyl semimetals,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award to Freescale LLC aims to demonstrate the manufacturing of fully printed functional devices using an innovative multifunctional printing platform for next-generation electronics. The $274,972 award, provided from March 2024 to November 2024, will support the development, optimization, and delivery of specialty conductive and semiconductive inks that can be printed on rigid and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award to Dmag USA LLC for $275,000 aims to develop a nickel-boron-tungsten-carbon fullerene coating to improve the durability, safety, and reliability of aerospace systems. The coating is designed to withstand the harsh conditions of hypersonic environments, promoting safety in essential air travel and logistics services. The project seeks to replace harmful hexavalent chromium plating...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $305,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) to Elektrum Technologies, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer based in Krugerville, TX. The funding will support the development of an innovative, fully additive manufacturing process for ultra-low-cost, flexible transparent metal-mesh conductors as an alternative to indium tin oxide. The project aims to create a modular, roll-to-roll electroless...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will provide $402,134 from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027 to support research and development of a novel class of semiconductor nanostructures called non-Hermitian topological photonic crystals. The key products and services to be delivered include: Designing, fabricating, and characterizing the optical properties and optoelectronic device applications of these photonic crystal slabs,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award provides $305,000.00 to Tau Optics Inc. to develop a prototype for a compact, high-precision volume grating-based spectrometer. The project aims to create a new spectrometer design that is smaller, less complex, and more affordable than traditional spectrometers, while maintaining high precision. This innovation could enable widespread access to light spectral analysis technology for...