Project Grant 2247107
- This $447,122 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, funds research at Washington University in St. Louis to study the nanoscale structure and catalytic activity of single-atom photocatalysts. Professor Bryce Sadtler and his team will use advanced single-molecule fluorescence microscopy techniques to visualize how the distribution and coordination of individual metal atoms on...
- This two-year, $498,428 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (CFDA 47.049) will fund research into utilizing interband transitions in metallic nanoparticles for photocatalysis. Professor Son Nguyen and researchers at the University of California, Merced will investigate how metallic nanoparticles absorb photons and accelerate chemical reactions. They will vary photon energy, observe corresponding chemical products, and correlate...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $150,179 Project Grant to the University of South Alabama under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research into designing innovative heterostructure photocatalysts for environmentally-friendly energy production. Dr. Arjun Dahal and his research group will study fabrication methods and growth mechanisms of heterostructures incorporating two-dimensional zinc oxide and tungsten disulfide. They will characterize the...
- This $292,130 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Loyola University of Chicago and the University of Connecticut to develop heavy atom-free photocatalysts for chemical reactions. The grant is funded through the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through research in these fields. Specifically, the grant provides three years of funding until June 2026 for a collaborative research...
- This $297,402 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports a collaborative research project between professors at Boston University and Northeastern University. The research aims to investigate charge and energy transfer between metal nanostructures and semiconductor nanocrystals through single particle spectroscopy. Specifically, the project will analyze the scattering spectra of individual hybrid...
- This $333,850 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) aims to elucidate the structures and dynamics of plasmonic catalysts used for sustainable chemical manufacturing. Principal Investigator Jain from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and collaborators at Humboldt University and Helmholtz-Zentrum in Berlin will utilize advanced in-situ electron microscopy and spectroscopy techniques to study the...
- This Project Grant award for $285,919.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at Baylor University to advance the synthesis of complex semiconductor materials for clean energy applications. The project aims to develop new crystalline semiconductor compounds that can efficiently capture solar energy and convert it into chemical fuels, pushing the boundaries of materials science and accelerating the development of...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $506,268 project grant to the University of Michigan to study photochemical transformations on metal nanoparticles through the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The grant supports Professor Suljo Linic and his team's research on using solar energy to drive "plasmonic catalysis" - a process where light-absorbing metal nanoparticles can efficiently drive desirable chemical reactions. The central hypothesis is...
- This collaborative research project, supported by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), involves $300,000 in funding awarded on September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2028. Led by Professor Gonghu Li at the University of New Hampshire, Professor Jier Huang at Boston College, and Professor Anatoly Frenkel at Stony Brook University, the research focuses on developing and characterizing...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry awarded a $249,965 Project Grant to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) beginning September 1, 2025 and concluding August 31, 2027. Under the Launching Early-Career Academic Pathways (LEAPS-MPS) initiative, Professor Bangle and her research team will conduct fundamental research and development activities focused on...
This three-year, $469,367 National Science Foundation Project Grant in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program area (CFDA 47.049) supports research at Baylor University to develop new photocatalytic reaction pathways utilizing plasmonic materials. Professors Zhenrong Zhang and Weigang Lu will fabricate economical tin-based plasmonic nanostructures on titanium dioxide microcrystals to enable novel plasmon-enhanced reactions. Through spatially-resolved studies using in situ spectroscopy techniques, the researchers aim to understand new reaction mechanisms at the nanoscale and potentially manipulate reaction processes for highly efficient photocatalysis. This work has the potential to advance plasmon-enhanced catalysis research by providing enhanced mechanistic insights. The grant period is from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $469.4k | 3/31/23 |