Project Grant 2344682
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program grant of $362,000.00 awarded to The Johns Hopkins University on August 1, 2024 aims to develop models to predict and describe the behavior of colloidal assemblies on curved surfaces. The project will use microscopy, computer experiments, and feedback control to understand the dynamics of particle-scale microstructure formation and evolution on curved surfaces. The goals are to gain fundamental insights into how different...
- The Johns Hopkins University was awarded a $425,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems to support research titled "FIELD MEDIATED ASSEMBLY OF ANISOTROPIC COLLOIDS ON SURFACES" from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. Under this award, The Johns Hopkins University will conduct research focused on controlling the assembly of anisotropic colloidal particles on surfaces using external fields. This work...
- This $390,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund collaborative research by Brandeis University to investigate the design, kinetics, and reconfigurable assembly of multicomponent colloidal crystals. The goal is to develop strategies to precisely control the arrangement of microscopic colloidal particles to create new materials with customizable properties. The project will use experiments and computer simulations to...
- This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research on the collective dynamics of active colloidal particles confined within soft, deformable boundaries. The $532,396 award to Northwestern University, with a performance period from Sep 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2028, aims to uncover how particle motion and boundary softness interact to produce complex dynamics in these "active matter" systems. The...
- This $691,996 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will fund research at Georgetown University into rheology and particle dynamics in colloidal gels. The researchers will use novel fluorescent particles and high-speed confocal microscopy combined with rheology to observe the rotational dynamics and arrest states of individual particles as interparticle interactions are increased. They will leverage this data to address...
- This $308,031 three-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research on the nonlinear electrohydrodynamics of motile particles in confinement. The project aims to develop mathematical models, analytical solutions, and computational methods to understand the behavior of micron-sized colloidal particles driven to rotate or roll by electric fields between two planar electrodes. The research integrates...
- This $304,957 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports a 5-year research effort at Williams College to investigate the fundamental science behind the dynamics of fluid surfaces in constrained geometries. The research team will employ high-speed videography, microscopy, and digital image processing to quantify and gain new insights into the interplay between surface tension, viscosity, flow, and...
- This $273,055 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports theoretical and computational research on charge patterning and molecular interactions in polyelectrolyte/particle phase behavior. The research aims to advance understanding of how molecular structure, particle configuration, and charge patterning affect phase separation in complex coacervates formed between...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $688,144 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Professors Ilya Zharov and John Conboy of the University of Utah. The grant funds research to investigate the molecular-level interactions between polymer-grafted silica nanoparticles during self-assembly using sum-frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy. This research aims to elucidate the degree of polymer interdigitation and its dependence on...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program to Princeton University. The goal of this 3-year project, running from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2028, is to develop new strategies for designing and synthesizing multicomponent crystalline materials by precisely arranging microscopic particles known as colloids. The project will use experiments and computer simulations to investigate the assembly processes of these materials, with...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $279,105 to The Johns Hopkins University to investigate how colloidal particles interact and assemble into microstructures on curved surfaces. The research aims to understand the connection between colloidal interactions, structure, and dynamics on curved surfaces compared to flat surfaces. The project will use optical microscopy and computer experiments to study how different-shaped particles, such as spheres and ellipsoids, pack and organize on various curved surface geometries, including spherical, cylindrical, and wavy shapes. The findings are expected to advance fundamental knowledge and have broader impacts through workforce development and outreach to pre-college students. The project will run from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $279.1k | 8/20/25 |