This $236,630 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research to develop computational techniques for studying quantum impurity models. The goal is to advance numerical tools available to tackle these complex quantum systems, which are important for understanding the properties of small, strongly interacting quantum systems coupled to larger environments. The research will explore novel...
This is a 5-year, $235,316 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The grant supports research by the University of Michigan to better understand how colloidal quantum dot solids respond to mechanical strain and deformation. The project aims to reveal the underlying chemical, structural, and optoelectronic mechanisms by which the interaction between quantum dots and conjugated polymers impacts the...
This $543,476 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Montana State University supports fundamental research on the collective quantum behavior of electrons in condensed matter systems. The 3-year project, which began on August 1, 2024, aims to investigate the crossover from metallic/superconducting to insulating/non-superconducting behavior in quasi-one-dimensional condensed matter systems as the charge...
This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program provides $300,000 to probe electronic symmetry breaking in strain-tuned quantum matter. The recipient will conduct research from September 2021 through August 2024 aimed at advancing the store of scientific knowledge and enhancing understanding of major problems in the mathematical and physical sciences, as outlined in the program's purpose to promote progress in these fields and...
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 $144,346 Project Grant award, jointly funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences, Division of Materials Research, and Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure under the CISE Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070), will enable the development of advanced computational modeling workflows that merge state-of-the-art quantum modeling and machine learning methods. This will facilitate rapid, automated, high-fidelity exploration of the mechanical and...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $479,313 to the University of California, Davis from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The grant supports research into quantum criticality in correlated electron materials through controlled nuclear magnetic resonance experiments on select materials. Key objectives include developing a deeper understanding of strongly...
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 National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $565,000 Project Grant to Duke University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct research on "Understanding Quantum Emergent Phenomena in Shastry-Sutherland Model Systems." The 3-year project focuses on exploring a new family of compounds based on the Shastry-Sutherland lattice model to deepen the understanding of quantum magnetism and drive technological progress in areas like spintronics....
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the Regents of the University of Michigan. The grant will fund a project titled "Extracting Spectral Information from Noisy Quantum Data" from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. The project aims to develop methodologies for reducing noise and improving accuracy in quantum mechanical simulations on quantum computers, in order to enable more...
This $150,214 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research at the University of Michigan on the manipulation of quantum materials through strain. The key objectives are to investigate the impact of strain on the electronic structure and magnetic properties of quantum materials, with the aim of enhancing the understanding of correlated behaviors in these systems. The 5-year project involves four main research thrusts: (1) studying strain effects on orbital mixing in a heavy fermion system, (2) controlling magnetism through strain manipulation of a 2D magnet, (3) unraveling strain-induced emergent phenomena, and (4) discovering new correlated materials with high sensitivity to strain. This research seeks to advance the field of quantum materials and explore their potential applications across various domains. The grant supports integrated education and outreach activities to train the next generation of quantum materials researchers and engage underrepresented groups in science.