The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year, $306,890 CAREER grant to the University of Notre Dame's Notre Dame Research Division, through the agency's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program. The grant supports the development of "hybrid bronzes", which are organic-inorganic materials that integrate metal oxide layers with tunable molecular functions. This research aims to elucidate structure-property relationships governing the electronic behavior of these...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $639,361 Project Grant to The Washington University to investigate the effects of nanomaterial chirality on immune cells and innate immunity from June 15, 2021 to May 31, 2026. This award will fund research under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA #47.041) to study how the handedness of nanoparticles, also known as chirality, impacts immune cell function and the body's innate...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry has awarded a $480,000 Project Grant to the University of Notre Dame DU Lac under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA #47.049). The three-year grant supports Professor Paul Bohn and his research group in studying the design, behavior, and potential applications of new artificial materials inspired by nature, particularly multi-layered structures with varying pore sizes. The research aims to develop an improved...
The University of Notre Dame received a three-year, $426,990 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will support research to discover and understand microporous polymers for size-sieving separation membranes using active learning. The NSF Engineering program seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength by fostering innovation and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program award provides $131,592.00 to The University of Akron to conduct experimental research and education aimed at understanding how chirality, or handedness, is maintained and amplified during the formation of superstructures by charged macromolecules. The project will explore the nanoscale intermolecular interactions, especially long-range electrostatic forces, that drive chiral recognition and chiral selection phenomena in...
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...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the University of Notre Dame a 5-year, $106,561 CAREER grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). The project aims to develop microelectronic systems that can efficiently sense physical signals, make real-time decisions, and adapt with minimal energy usage by drawing inspiration from biological intelligence. Key products will include analog-to-feature converter front-end systems, ferroelectric...
The University of Notre Dame received a three-year, $377,179 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support collaborative research to characterize and optimize nanoparticle systems functionalized with N-heterocyclic carbene ligands. As part of its mission to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise, the NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to increase...
The University of Notre Dame received a $625,000 project grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to study ultrafast dephasing of strongly coupled plasmon-exciton states. Professors Hartland and Kuno and their students will use light scattering and ultrafast microscopy techniques to measure the lifetimes of exciton-plasmon polaritons and the distances they travel in individual semiconductor-metal nanostructures. High school...
The University of Notre Dame received a three-year, $449,973 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support research efforts to tailor the nanophotonic and nanolectronic properties of nanometals using oxide-directed syntheses from September 2021 through August 2024. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, which aims to promote progress in these fields and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program awarded a 5-year, $107,796 CAREER grant to the University of Notre Dame DU Lac's Notre Dame Research Division to advance understanding of chiral nanomaterials and their interactions with biological systems. The primary objective is to develop and engineer chiral nanomaterials and investigate their uptake and movement within cell membranes and model tissues. This research will contribute to rationally designing biomimetic chiral nanomaterials to improve biomedical applications and human health. The grant also integrates educational goals, including fostering interest in STEM fields from K-12 through graduate school, through activities such as a "Nano in Life" exhibit, a permanent science museum display, and summer research opportunities for high school and international undergraduate students.