The Regents of the University of Minnesota was awarded a $497,547 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the federal Mathematical and Physical Sciences grant program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct research on novel experimental approaches to superconductivity and strain engineering. The University will pursue two main research approaches - combining stress applied along multiple directions to tune material properties, and investigating the effects of stress leading to permanent...
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...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $160,000 Project Grant through its Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to support research on the mathematical modeling of "moiré materials" - novel 2D materials formed by stacking 2D layers with a relative twist. The project aims to develop advanced mathematical methods for predicting the emergent strongly correlated electronic phases in these materials, which hold...
The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded a $433,531 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Minnesota Office of Sponsored Projects Administration to support research titled "LONG-RANGE SPIN TRANSPORT IN LIGHT-METAL ALLOYS" under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The three-year award beginning August 1, 2021 will fund research into long-range spin transport in light-metal alloys to promote progress in the mathematical...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will provide $277,686 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to develop advanced computational modeling and machine learning workflows for exploring the mechanical and electronic properties of 2D quantum materials. The project aims to enable rapid, automated, high-fidelity simulations of these materials, which are critical for advancing emerging...
Regents of the University of Minnesota received a $520,000 three-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). Through this award, Professor C. Daniel Frisbie and students will conduct research to better understand the mechanisms of electrical conduction in organic semiconductors and explore how the chemical structure of these materials influences their electrical...
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...
The Regents of the University of Minnesota received a $265,899 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences on July 1, 2021 for optimal measures and point configurations research through June 30, 2024. The grant supports work under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and enhancing understanding of...
Regents of the University of Minnesota received a $265,128 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The grant supports collaborative research from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026 to study the rheological behavior of fault gouge at high temperatures. The research aims to determine how extreme temperatures affect the strength and stability of fault materials through deformation experiments. It...
The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded $285,000 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to the Regents of the University of Minnesota for a project grant titled "Critical Phenomena in Coherent Structure Formation." The grant supports research from July 15, 2022 to June 30, 2025 to develop new analytical and computational tools to systematically analyze, predict, and validate models of self-organized coherent...
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, strain, and temperature affect the formation and properties of these atomic-scale defects, which could enable new applications in next-generation nanomaterials. The project also includes an outreach program where local high school students will tour the university's electron microscopy facilities and learn about materials science and nanoscale engineering. The grant performance period runs from June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2027.