Project Grant 2338558
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $284,687 CAREER: Tailoring Van der Waals Ferroelectricity in 2D Layered Semiconductors project grant (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) to The Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford University) with a performance period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029. The project explores the development of novel atomically thin ferroelectric semiconductor materials to advance high-performance logic devices, efficient memory...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $150,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program grant to Iowa State University of Science and Technology to conduct research on pseudomorphic phase transformations in multilayered nanocomposite materials. The project, supported under NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program (CFDA 47.049), aims to gain a fundamental understanding of the process by which depositing one material on another can cause the overgrowth to take on...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program (CFDA 47.049), awarded a 5-year, $267,179 CAREER grant to the University of California, Irvine (UCI) to support research on the synthesis and characterization of one-dimensional van der Waals nanocrystals for use in energy-efficient electronic and photonic devices. The project aims to elucidate the chemical mechanisms that control the assembly and properties of these nanoscale materials, with...
- The Regents of the University of Minnesota was awarded a $495,872 Project Grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant funds a 4-year research project to study novel 1D line defects in perovskite oxide materials using advanced scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and density functional theory (DFT) analysis. The research aims to understand how factors like composition,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year, $239,009 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Delaware (UDE) for the project "CAREER: Topological Phenomena in 4D and 5D Complex Oxide Interfaces and Superlattices Grown by Hybrid Molecular Beam Epitaxy." The project focuses on the synthesis and study of complex oxide thin films comprised of 4th and 5th row transition metals, which exhibit unusual electronic and...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $355,615 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Central Florida (UCF) Board of Trustees. The grant supports fundamental and applied research on the "Effect of Lattice Distortion in Electronic Properties of Kagome Metals", a type of quantum material with a unique crystal structure poised to enable transformative advancements in future technologies like spintronics and quantum...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year, $240,047 CAREER grant to the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program (CFDA 47.049). The goal of this project is to advance the fundamental understanding of the photo-thermoelectric effect, which shows promise for developing high-sensitivity infrared detectors with wide spectral response. The researchers will synthesize and characterize single crystal films and nanomaterials to...
- This CAREER award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) supports computational and theoretical research at New York University (NYU) aimed at efficiently sampling complex energy landscapes to determine the number of possible material configurations and their probabilities. The $280,000 award, with a project period from March 1, 2025 to February 28, 2030, will enable the development of new methods for enumerating...
- The University of Florida was awarded a three-year, $322,660 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to operate a Research Experiences for Undergraduates site focusing on experimental and computational methods for materials discovery. The grant will support 10-week research internships for undergraduate students, integrating them into faculty research groups working on projects involving discovery of new materials, advanced...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $342,109 CAREER grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to develop organic materials that can undergo reversible phase transitions when optically stimulated. The project aims to broaden the understanding of light-molecule interactions in solid-state materials, which has potential applications in areas such as optical storage, energy storage, and mechanical...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program awarded a $354,350 CAREER grant to the University of Florida's Division of Sponsored Research. The grant, titled "ELUCIDATING THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF METASTABLE PHASES IN FLUORITE-STRUCTURED FERROELECTRICS USING ADVANCED ELECTRON MICROSCOPY", aims to develop novel electron microscopy techniques and machine learning methods to characterize the formation and properties of metastable ferroelectric materials with fluorite crystal structures. The 5-year project seeks to establish process-structure-property relationships for these advanced materials, which have potential applications in next-generation memory and transistor technologies. In addition to the core research, the grant supports K-12 outreach activities, including a microscopy school for underrepresented middle school students, and the development of online educational modules on electron microscopy. The grant was awarded on June 1, 2024 and is scheduled for completion by May 31, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $354.4k | 11/17/23 |