The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,010,056 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). The grant supports a collaborative research effort to develop pseudospin control as a new materials design tool for discovering novel magnetic states and superconductivity. The project will combine computational theory, epitaxial materials growth, and advanced characterization techniques to create guiding...
This $350,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports theoretical research on charge and heat transport in quantum electronic systems. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include:
Developing novel analytical methods and kinetic theory to model transport phenomena in correlated electron systems, topological materials, and superconducting nanostructures. The research...
This Project Grant award of $249,889 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research at the University of Wyoming on developing and characterizing new types of superconducting materials with unique spin-symmetric pairing properties. The goal is to explore methods for stabilizing exotic spin-symmetric superconducting states, which could enable applications in spin transport, quantum memory, and topological quantum...
This $246,390 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research by the University of Missouri System (doing business as Missouri University of Science & Technology) on investigating topological superconductor candidates.
The project aims to synthesize single crystals of various topological superconductor materials and employ low-temperature techniques to study their superconducting energy gaps and...
This $108,010 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences supports fundamental research on topological phases of matter. The principal investigator plans to investigate how stable electron currents emerge at the interfaces between these novel materials, which could lead to advances in quantum computing and technology. Key research objectives include computing the profile and speed of these edge currents, as well as deriving effective...
This $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program will support a research project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to study pairing symmetries and quasiparticle dynamics in two-dimensional (2D) superconductors using superconducting quantum circuits. The research aims to advance the fundamental understanding of superconductivity in low-dimensional systems and explore potential applications...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $256,000 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to conduct theoretical research and education examining superconductivity in the strong coupling regime. The project will focus on understanding the competition between superconductivity and other ordered states of interacting electrons, as well as the mechanism of superconductivity in materials that...
This $279,918 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports theoretical and computational research at the University of Florida (UF) on the physics of strongly correlated electron systems, including cuprate and iron-based superconductors. The key research aims are to explore how disorder and impurities impact the emergence of novel electronic phases and superconductivity in these quantum materials. Specific...
This $303,710 National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports a five-year research initiative at the University of California, Berkeley to investigate unconventional superconductivity in graphene-based heterostructures. The primary research objectives are to develop new tools for studying these materials, understand the underlying mechanisms behind their superconductivity, and explore methods to enhance their...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $495,194 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Maryland, College Park. This three-year award, effective August 1, 2023, supports research to investigate the relationship between electronic nematicity, a spontaneous preferred orientation in electron systems, and superconductivity. The project aims to build a better understanding of how nematic fluctuations may enhance superconducting...