This three-year, $566,530 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at Clemson University focused on synthesizing new materials displaying unusual optical and magnetic properties. Researchers will use high-temperature hydrothermal methods to grow high-quality single crystals of low-dimensional transition metal oxyanions for characterization of their magnetic...
This $672,156 award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a project by researchers at William Marsh Rice University to study the spin and lattice properties of two-dimensional magnetic materials. The goal is to gain a fundamental understanding of the charge, spin, and lattice interactions in these materials, which have potential applications in energy-efficient spintronic devices. The project leverages the university's...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $395,192 Project Grant to Wayne State University from the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant supports research to synthesize and characterize antiferromagnetic materials for developing novel hybrid magnonic functionalities. The project team will fabricate thin film heterostructures composed of antiferromagnetic oxides like iron, chromium, and nickel, and engineer interactions between their high-frequency magnetic...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $591,720 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to support research on the emergent spin textures and dynamics of two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials. The project aims to study the nanoscale magnetic patterns and low-energy spin dynamics in 2D magnets using advanced x-ray and optical spectroscopy techniques, coupled with theoretical modeling. This...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $168,312 to William Marsh Rice University to conduct collaborative research on understanding and manipulating magnetism and spin dynamics in two-dimensional intercalated van der Waals magnets. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) establish precisely controlled intercalation-magnetism relations and create a phase...
Through a $249,132 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049), the University of Missouri System, Missouri University of Science & Technology campus, is conducting research to discover and characterize new families of magnetic Weyl semimetals. The project aims to unlock the key ingredients necessary for the design and discovery of these novel quantum materials, which have potential applications in areas like...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports a collaborative research effort between the University of Wyoming and Colorado State University to explore the novel magnetic properties of two-dimensional van der Waals magnets. The $232,786 award, effective August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2027, aims to investigate the unconventional magnetic domains and metastable magnetic phase...
This $244,955 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports theoretical and computational research to develop advanced computational tools and use them for describing the dynamical behavior of magnetic molecules connected to external electrodes and manipulated by magnetic fields. The research aims to provide a balance between computational efficiency and physical accuracy in simulating such open...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $1,452,420 to Prairie View A&M University to investigate the unique thermo-physical behaviors of ferro-nanofluids and how external magnetic fields influence their properties like thermal conductivity, viscosity, and heat transfer. The research aims to uncover the underlying mechanisms that cause the anomalous transport behaviors observed in these fluids, which have...
This Project Grant award of $581,809.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research on epitaxial engineering of layered magnetic pnictides at the University of Notre Dame. The key objectives are to design, synthesize, and study a new class of topological materials that leverage the interaction of magnetism and electrons to enable novel electrical and optical properties. This research aims to advance high-density data...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) supports research on novel spin textures in non-centrosymmetric magnetic materials at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), Norfolk State University, and Rice University. The $950,566 award will fund the synthesis and characterization of materials such as SCTMGe (TM = Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu), Mn-doped SCFeGe, and chiral magnetic oxides. Key objectives include determining the structure, phase purity, and electronic/magnetic properties of these non-centrosymmetric magnets using neutron scattering techniques. The research will also train graduate and undergraduate students at PVAMU in neutron scattering measurement and analysis, as well as single crystal growth and low-temperature physics. The project aims to develop an internationally competitive program combining novel materials growth and neutron scattering characterization. Subawards are planned under this grant to support the collaborative research efforts.