This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $590,000 to support research by Professors Oliver Monti of the University of Arizona and Yonatan Dubi of Ben Gurion University to study the transmission of electrons through layers of non-magnetic chiral molecules. The goal is to develop a quantitative understanding of the "chirality induced spin selectivity" (CISS) effect, which allows electron spin...
This $489,946 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of South Florida supports research to develop efficient opto-spintronic devices. The project aims to combine electronics, spintronics, valleytronics, and photonics into an integrated device that can serve as an electrically controlled emitter or sensor for circularly polarized photons. Key research focuses include using tunable ferrimagnetic electrodes to improve...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, provides $446,318 to support research on chiral interactions in superconducting-magnetic junctions. The goal is to improve interconnects between magnetic bits by exploring how chiral molecules, ferromagnets, and superconductors can be combined to manipulate and control spin transport. Key activities include investigating phase coherence using Aharonov-Bohm...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $369,059 CAREER grant under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program to Auburn University. The grant, titled "CHIRAL PHENOMENA OF EXCITED STATES IN SPINTRONICS", supports a 5-year research project investigating novel magneto-optical effects and nonreciprocal transport properties that emerge from chiral interactions between magnetic, phononic, and photonic excitations in two-dimensional materials and van der Waals heterostructures. The...
This $700,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research led by Professor Sarah B. King at the University of Chicago. The project focuses on investigating how molecular chirality influences spin-selective charge and energy transport at material interfaces. Using advanced time-resolved spectroscopy, the research aims to uncover fundamental principles governing the interactions between...
This $405,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research by Florida State University (FSU) on strong-coupling phenomena at the metal-insulator transition. Over the next three years, the principal investigator will develop novel theoretical approaches to understand experimental observations of quantum materials and devices near the insulating state, which can disrupt electron motion due to...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $479,016 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Florida State University (FSU) to conduct research on understanding and controlling the molecular-level structure of metal ion-linked multilayer materials for applications in solar cells, catalysis, and other devices. The goal is to use techniques like polarized spectroscopy and vibrational analysis to elucidate the relationship between the structure of...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research awarded a $387,177 Project Grant to Florida State University (FSU) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) to support theoretical research and education on exotic quantum phases of many-particle systems with strong interactions. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year grant include: Theoretical studies of the physical properties of the edges and interfaces separating...
The University of South Florida was awarded a three-year, $480,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation to study spin photocurrent in 2D hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite multiple quantum wells from July 2021 through June 2024. The grant is part of 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 enterprise through increasing knowledge and enhancing understanding of...
This Project Grant award, worth $350,000.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports theoretical research on charge and heat transport in quantum electronic systems. The primary focus is on investigating nonreciprocal transport phenomena and superconducting diode effects in novel two-dimensional materials, nanostructures, and superconducting devices. The research aims to advance fundamental and applied physics with...