This National Science Foundation project grant of $194,359 will fund research at the University of Notre Dame and the University of South Carolina under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to advance fundamental understanding of piezoelectric stimulated plasma sources. Through combined modeling and experimental efforts over a three-year period ending May 2025, the researchers will develop a new multi-physics modeling framework to resolve both the solid phase...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research between North Carolina State University, Clarkson University, and Texas A&M University to explore non-oxidative chemical reaction pathways in low-temperature atmospheric plasmas. The $161,518 award, effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026, aims to elucidate the mechanisms of plasma-generated photons, metastables, radicals,...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $914,174 project grant to the University of Illinois under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop spectroscopic techniques for characterizing chemical reactions at the plasma-liquid interface. Specifically, the award will support research from August 2022 through July 2025 to gain mechanistic insights into activating dinitrogen and producing ammonia through an atmospheric-pressure plasma-liquid process. Key activities include using optical...
The University of Notre Dame received a $625,000 project grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to study ultrafast dephasing of strongly coupled plasmon-exciton states. Professors Hartland and Kuno and their students will use light scattering and ultrafast microscopy techniques to measure the lifetimes of exciton-plasmon polaritons and the distances they travel in individual semiconductor-metal nanostructures. High school...
The University of Notre Dame received a three-year, $377,179 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support collaborative research to characterize and optimize nanoparticle systems functionalized with N-heterocyclic carbene ligands. As part of its mission to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise, the NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to increase...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $685,000 Project Grant to the University of Notre Dame under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support the research project "FORMATION AND REDOX CHEMISTRY OF METAL POLYSULFANIDO COMPLEXES FOR SULFUR TRANSFER REACTIONS" from June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2026. The University of Notre Dame will conduct research on the formation and redox chemistry of metal polysulfanido complexes and their application to sulfur...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $702,010 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research on "Nonlinear Fluid and Kinetic Effects in Nonneutral Plasmas" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. As the prime awardee, UC San Diego will conduct research exploring nonlinear interactions and kinetic effects in complex, nonneutral plasmas. This work will enhance understanding of...
The University of Notre Dame received a three-year, $449,973 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support research efforts to tailor the nanophotonic and nanolectronic properties of nanometals using oxide-directed syntheses from September 2021 through August 2024. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, which aims to promote progress in these fields and...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to Michigan State University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support atomicistic macroscopic simulations of collisional plasmas from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The funding will enable MSU researchers to advance understanding of major problems in plasma physics through increased computational modeling capabilities. As the sole awardee, MSU will leverage the award to develop new...
The University of Notre Dame received a $480,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry. The grant falls under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to advance scientific knowledge and understanding in these fields. Through this three-year award beginning December 2021, the University will conduct research to create metastable clusters and assemblies of molecules and characterize their intermolecular interactions. The...