The National Science Foundation awarded a $525,000 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Minnesota under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The funding will support research using the hexadehydro-Diels-Alder reaction to develop new methods for synthesizing structurally complex polycyclic aromatic compounds with applications in optoelectronic devices. Principal Investigator Professor Thomas Hoye and his...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $600,000 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the Regents of the University of Minnesota. The funding will support a research program led by Dr. Hoye and his team to capitalize on the high potential energy of alkyne compounds to fuel the generation of reactive intermediates and discover new organic chemistry reactions. The key products of this 3-year award, starting on Sep 1, 2025, will be the...
The Regents of the University of Minnesota received a three-year, $870,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant funds research to develop calibration-free, long-term ion sensors through covalent attachment of ionophore-doped polymeric sensing membranes to sensor platforms and transducer layers. Specifically, Professor Philippe Buhlmann and colleagues will work to...
The Regents of the University of Minnesota was awarded a $495,872 Project Grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant funds a 4-year research project to study novel 1D line defects in perovskite oxide materials using advanced scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and density functional theory (DFT) analysis. The research aims to understand how factors like composition,...
The Regents of the University of Minnesota were awarded a $712,180 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research to study the chiropptical properties of patterned nanocrystal solids. The grant was awarded on July 1, 2021 with a completion date of June 30, 2025 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Through this funding, the University will investigate major problems confronting the Nation by promoting progress in the mathematical...
Regents of the University of Minnesota received a $357,254 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The award will support research from July 2023 through June 2026 to develop new reagents and synthetic methodologies based on hypervalent iodine chemistry. Specifically, the University of Minnesota Duluth will explore the preparation and reactivity of novel hypervalent iodine...
The Regents of the University of Minnesota received a $506,505 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure. The grant is part of the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), which supports investigator-initiated research and education in computing, communications, and information science and engineering. Under the award, the University will develop open-source tools for analyzing block polymer phase behavior...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049), funds research at the University of Iowa to synthesize and characterize electrically conductive polymers based on sulfur and nitrogen. The $660,000 award, with a period of performance from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028, supports efforts by Professors Bowden and Leddy to design and synthesize novel polymers with...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $290,000 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to develop accurate molecular models for chromatographic systems. This 2-year collaborative research aims to: (i) predict retention orders in chromatographic systems without adjustable parameters, (ii) provide microscopic-level insights into separation processes, and (iii) utilize this...
The Regents of the University of Minnesota received a $900,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on May 1, 2021 to support research titled "Dynamics of Block Copolymer Micelles" through April 30, 2026. Under the award, the University will conduct research to advance understanding of the dynamics of block copolymer micelles. Block copolymers are a class of synthetic polymers composed of different polymer chains linked together. In aqueous solutions, they can...