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 (NSF) awarded a $555,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Notre Dame. The grant supports Professor Bradley Smith's research to develop a new approach for the controlled release of valuable molecular payloads from hydrogels, which are soft biocompatible materials that hold large amounts of water. The fundamental chemistry research aims to gain a deeper understanding of multivalent binding versus...
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...
The University of Notre Dame received a $491,300 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry on September 1, 2021 to support research titled "SELF-IMMOLATIVE BOLAAMPHIPHILES FOR SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION ACROSS BILAYER MEMBRANES." The award will fund research through August 31, 2024 under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the national scientific...
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 University of Notre Dame received a three-year, $426,990 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will support research to discover and understand microporous polymers for size-sieving separation membranes using active learning. The NSF Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and...
The University of Notre Dame received a $475,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry. The grant is part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the national scientific enterprise. Under the three-year award beginning in August 2021, the University will conduct research toward iron olefin metathesis, synthesizing and studying the reactivity of iron carbenes. The project aims...
The University of Notre Dame received a $460,000 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry on July 1, 2021 for research concluding on June 30, 2024. The award is part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to advance scientific knowledge and understanding of major issues. Specifically, the funding will support the University's "BACKBONE N-HETEROATOM PROTEIN ORTHOTICS" research project. While further details...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program awarded a 5-year, $107,796 CAREER grant to the University of Notre Dame DU Lac's Notre Dame Research Division to advance understanding of chiral nanomaterials and their interactions with biological systems. The primary objective is to develop and engineer chiral nanomaterials and investigate their uptake and movement within cell membranes and model tissues. This research will contribute to rationally designing biomimetic chiral...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year, $306,890 CAREER grant to the University of Notre Dame's Notre Dame Research Division, through the agency's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program. The grant supports the development of "hybrid bronzes", which are organic-inorganic materials that integrate metal oxide layers with tunable molecular functions. This research aims to elucidate structure-property relationships governing the electronic behavior of these...