This $1,065,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will support collaborative research by the University of Pennsylvania, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Northeastern University to develop novel quantum materials through deep learning-guided "twistronics". The researchers will use computer-aided deep learning models and theoretical tools to predict and guide the self-assembly of two-dimensional...
This $440,000 federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports collaborative research at Northeastern University on "deep learning guided twistronics for self-assembled quantum optoelectronics". The key objectives are to use computer-aided deep learning models and theoretical tools to predict and guide the synthesis of novel "twistronic" materials composed of stacked...
George Mason University was awarded a $349,997 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct collaborative research on twist control of correlated physics in two-dimensional materials. The award will support discovery of the role of interlayer interactions in layered quantum materials through exploration of twisted heterostructures of tantalum disulfide. Key activities include creating the first twisted heterostructures...
This $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) funds research and education into the study of novel materials with strong interactions between particles that give rise to unique and complex behaviors. The research aims to develop new theoretical tools to better understand and predict these unusual states of matter, focusing on understanding the patterns of quantum entanglement that can arise in strongly...
This $318,775 National Science Foundation project grant supports theoretical and computational research and education activities at Lehigh University from May 2022 through April 2025. The award is part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to advance scientific knowledge and understanding in these fields. Specifically, the principal investigator and their team will develop advanced numerical techniques to model the properties of two-dimensional quantum...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $485,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) division of the Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer Our Future (DMREF) program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The grant supports collaborative research to use deep learning and theoretical tools to predict and engineer "twistronic" materials - atomically thin two-dimensional materials where the twist angle between layers can be...
This $301,595 federal project grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The award supports fundamental research to develop a new class of two-dimensional quantum emitters based on in-plane transition metal dichalcogenide quantum dots embedded within monolayer sheets. The work encompasses studies to tune the size, shape, density and uniformity of the quantum dots and their...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, funded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports the development, analysis, and deployment of Quantum Digital Twins (QDTs) - digital clones of existing quantum computers. The $299,990 award to the University of New Mexico aims to enable bidirectional interactions between quantum computers and virtual models on classical systems, optimizing quantum performance and advancing the state of quantum...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics awarded a $137,548 Project Grant to the University of New Mexico (UNM) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The 3-year grant, running from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026, will fund research to deepen the understanding of quantum computational advantage. Specifically, the project seeks to explore the interplay between entanglement, measurement, and quantum many-body physics in the context of "noisy...
This $563,899 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will fund research at the University of Virginia from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The research aims to advance fundamental understanding of the role and properties of crystal lattices in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide materials across variable length and time scales. Specifically, the researchers will...