This $672,156 award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a project by researchers at William Marsh Rice University to study the spin and lattice properties of two-dimensional magnetic materials. The goal is to gain a fundamental understanding of the charge, spin, and lattice interactions in these materials, which have potential applications in energy-efficient spintronic devices. The project leverages the university's...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports a collaborative research effort between the University of Wyoming and Colorado State University to explore the novel magnetic properties of two-dimensional van der Waals magnets. The $232,786 award, effective August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2027, aims to investigate the unconventional magnetic domains and metastable magnetic phase...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $591,720 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to support research on the emergent spin textures and dynamics of two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials. The project aims to study the nanoscale magnetic patterns and low-energy spin dynamics in 2D magnets using advanced x-ray and optical spectroscopy techniques, coupled with theoretical modeling. This...
This $275,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049), supports research at the University of California, Berkeley to investigate magnetism in vanadium-based intercalation compounds of transition metal dichalcogenides. The researchers aim to synthesize and characterize these novel "altermagnetic" materials, which have potential applications in...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $181,543 Project Grant to the Trustees of Indiana University, doing business as Indiana University, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The grant will fund a collaborative research project to understand and manipulate magnetism and spin dynamics in intercalated van der Waals magnets, which are atomically thin layers of two-dimensional magnetic materials. The research aims to establish the relationships between...
This $483,605 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research will support a collaborative research effort between the University of Wyoming and Colorado State University. The goal is to explore the unconventional magnetic properties of few-layer two-dimensional van der Waals (2D VDW) magnets, with a focus on investigating metastable magnetic phases, domain behaviors, and mechanisms underlying magnetic switching in these novel materials. The...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $504,816 provides funding from April 15, 2023 through March 31, 2026 to support research exploring magnetism, spin textures, and magnetotransport phenomena in covalent two-dimensional magnets. The award is made under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which promotes advancement in these scientific fields. The primary awardee is the Research Foundation for the State University of New York to support research at the...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year, $239,348 CAREER grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Arizona. This grant supports an experimental investigation to understand the underlying magnetic energy scales affecting long-range magnetic ordering in van der Waals magnets. The project aims to design and synthesize new functional van der Waals magnets with controlled magnetic behavior and high ordering temperatures. The...
The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded a $509,725 Project Grant to the University of Maryland, College Park to conduct research on understanding and controlling the properties of magnetic two-dimensional (2D) crystals. The grant, awarded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, will support fundamental studies to investigate how factors such as adsorbed molecules, adjacent layers, and mechanical strain can impact the magnetic...
This $244,955 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports theoretical and computational research to develop advanced computational tools and use them for describing the dynamical behavior of magnetic molecules connected to external electrodes and manipulated by magnetic fields. The research aims to provide a balance between computational efficiency and physical accuracy in simulating such open...