This $1,065,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will support collaborative research by the University of Pennsylvania, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Northeastern University to develop novel quantum materials through deep learning-guided "twistronics". The researchers will use computer-aided deep learning models and theoretical tools to predict and guide the self-assembly of two-dimensional...
This $440,000 federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports collaborative research at Northeastern University on "deep learning guided twistronics for self-assembled quantum optoelectronics". The key objectives are to use computer-aided deep learning models and theoretical tools to predict and guide the synthesis of novel "twistronic" materials composed of stacked...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,010,056 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). The grant supports a collaborative research effort to develop pseudospin control as a new materials design tool for discovering novel magnetic states and superconductivity. The project will combine computational theory, epitaxial materials growth, and advanced characterization techniques to create guiding...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $625,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Wisconsin - Madison. The grant will fund a collaborative research project titled "DMREF: Simulation-Informed Models for Amorphous Metal Additive Manufacturing". The goal is to develop simulation-informed models and computational tools that can predict the strength and toughness of amorphous metals produced through additive...
This $350,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at the University of New Hampshire into controlling correlated physics in two-dimensional materials through twist engineering. The goals are to accelerate development of next-generation quantum technologies by achieving unprecedented control over quantum behaviors in these materials and to build a quantum-literate workforce. Specifically, the award funds...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) is funding the development of an experimental framework to enhance large language models (LLMs) for generating innovative materials design hypotheses. The $150,843 award, granted on February 1, 2025 with a completion date of January 31, 2027, aims to expand LLMs' capabilities by enabling them to ingest and learn from diverse data formats beyond just...
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 (NSF) awarded a $163,791 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA #47.049) program to the University of Wisconsin System - Madison to discover, develop, and electrostatically control connate topological superconductivity and superconducting edge states in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides. The goal is to realize a connate topological superconductor, which merges superconductivity in the bulk with topologically nontrivial...
This five-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research, totaling $239,749, supports theoretical and computational research as well as educational efforts related to emerging layered materials. Specifically, the awardee, Stanford University, will utilize large-scale simulations and develop new methods to study the electronic and optical properties of vertically stacked two-dimensional materials with moiré patterns. This includes calculating effective...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research awarded a $375,801 Project Grant to the University of Utah to develop new synthetic routes and self-assembly strategies for fabricating large-area, defect-free 2D coordination polymers (2DCPs). This research, funded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), aims to identify the kinetic bottlenecks leading to defect formation in 2DCPs and unlock their potential as topological materials for quantum...