Arizona State University was awarded a three-year $198,705 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support collaborative research between ASU, the University of Delaware, Arizona State University, and Washington University in St. Louis to investigate how the presence of halides influences the crystal structure formation of certain classes of metal and lanthanide...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $414,664 Project Grant to the University of Delaware under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The award will fund collaborative research between the University of Delaware, Arizona State University, and Washington University in St. Louis to investigate how the presence of halides influences the crystal structure of certain classes of metal and lanthanide chalcogenide nanoparticles during synthesis. The researchers...
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...
The University of Washington was awarded a $465,556 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund research from July 2021 through June 2024 to advance mechanistic discovery for materials synthesis across scales using atomically precise cluster building blocks. The work will leverage nanoscale building blocks to synthesize new materials from the atomic to the macroscale. Insights...
This $780,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports Professor Brandi Cossairt of the University of Washington in researching "magic-sized clusters" as intermediates for the discovery of new nanomaterials. The project aims to expand the library of known magic-sized clusters, develop chiral clusters that can transfer chirality to larger nanostructures, pioneer low-barrier compositional tuning...
The University of Washington was awarded a $506,570 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund research from August 2021 through July 2025 to design plasmonic nanoparticle assemblies for active nanoscale temperature control through exploiting near- and far-field coupling effects. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's goals to strengthen the nation's...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides funding of $151,584 to The University Corporation at California State University, Northridge to support collaborative research on developing new ligands for the synthesis of noble metal nanocrystals with controlled surface structures. The project aims to expand the synthetic toolbox for nanocrystal chemistry by incorporating designed N-heterocyclic carbenes as...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $425,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Northwestern University for a 3-year research project on the "Transient Physicochemical Properties of Nanomaterials." The grant supports experimental studies by Professor Richard Schaller to investigate the crystal lattices, surfaces, and surface ligand behavior of semiconductor and metal nanoparticles. The research aims to elucidate the...
Washington State University received a $470,000 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The three-year award will support collaborative research between Washington State University and Illinois State University to investigate cooperative binding events at the single molecule level using scanning tunneling microscopy imaging and computational modeling methods. The researchers...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $263,799 to support collaborative research between the University of Wyoming and Louisiana State University. The award will fund elucidation of the role of atomic structures of cerium dioxide (111) single crystal surfaces on the nucleation and growth of metal clusters of nickel and cobalt through in situ scanning tunneling microscopy and...
The Washington University Office of Sponsored Research Services Division was awarded a three-year $176,693 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct collaborative research on the thermodynamics and kinetics of halide-driven crystal structure control of manganese and lanthanide chalcogenide nanocrystals. The university researchers will investigate how the presence of halides influences the final atomic arrangements and crystal structures formed during the synthesis of certain classes of metal nanoparticles. They will employ experimental techniques including in situ methods and computational modeling to gain insight into nucleation and growth mechanisms and develop multi-scale models of structure control. Results of this research are expected to enhance understanding of synthesis pathways and provide guidance for controlling polymorphism in metal chalcogenide nanocrystals, with potential implications for applications in photovoltaics, catalysis, and energy storage.