The National Science Foundation awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to the University of Florida on December 15, 2022. The grant will support the development of energy-efficient metamaterials for sustainable electronics through November 30, 2023. Specifically, the University of Florida will lead a collaborative effort to design sustainable metamaterials, investigate their scalable manufacturing processes, and implement an...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $500,000.00 over a 4-year period to Purdue University to develop a novel hybrid thin film platform with unique optical properties for photonic integrated circuits (PICs). The research aims to advance understanding of electro-optical and magneto-optical coupling effects in complex nanoscale hybrid metamaterials, and demonstrate key building blocks for future large-scale PICs including...
This $375,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) aims to accelerate the discovery, design, and implementation of new engineered photonic materials, particularly photonic metamaterials, through a data-driven deep learning approach. The project, led by the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, will establish deep learning frameworks to construct photonic metamaterials, integrate information on tailorable optical...
The University of Michigan was awarded a three-year $650,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will support research exploring in situ nanoparticle synthesis and redistribution during solidification of metal matrix nanocomposites. Specifically, the University of Michigan will conduct experiments and analysis to better understand how nanoparticles...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $750,000 to Northeastern University to develop innovative engineered photonic materials using a data-driven deep learning approach. The research aims to accelerate the discovery, design, and implementation of new photonic metamaterials with tailored optical properties for applications in areas such as lasers, optical communications, quantum computing, and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $506,268 project grant to the University of Michigan to study photochemical transformations on metal nanoparticles through the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The grant supports Professor Suljo Linic and his team's research on using solar energy to drive "plasmonic catalysis" - a process where light-absorbing metal nanoparticles can efficiently drive desirable chemical reactions. The central hypothesis is...
This $592,502 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Michigan Technological University to develop novel magnetic nanomaterials compatible with silicon technology. Funded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the three-year award will advance fundamental knowledge and computational modeling of transition metal silicide nanostructures. A multidisciplinary team will use integrated experimental and computational methods to fabricate and characterize...
This $450,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports the development of new composite materials with applications in optical devices. Professor Rob Macfarlane and his research group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will synthesize polymer-grafted nanoparticles containing large volumes of high refractive index nanoparticles embedded in a mechanically robust...
This $524,480 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at New York University (NYU) on developing novel semiconductor crystal materials and manufacturing processes for advanced optoelectronic applications. The key focus is on understanding how to fabricate "twisted" organic semiconductor crystals that can spontaneously form into aligned networks, enabling them to outperform single crystal materials in properties like...
The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $242,478 Project Grant to Michigan State University for collaborative research titled "Engineering Gradient Nanostructured Metals by Multi-Pass Plastic Wave Deformation." The three-year award runs from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024 and supports research under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The research aims to improve the quality of life and economic strength of the...
This $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to support research that develops a novel approach to metamaterials engineering and manufacturing for emerging optoelectronics. The project at the University of Michigan will utilize a combination of advanced manufacturing tools and focused-ion-beam-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy to pattern and integrate high-purity non-precious metals with high-quality semiconductors. The expected outcomes include new insights into nanoscale growth kinetics to enable seamless integration of metallic nanoparticle arrays with single-crystal semiconductors and insulators, as well as novel strategies for tuning optical properties and controlling surface plasmon propagation. This multidisciplinary project involves collaboration between students, faculty, and scientists from various departments, universities, laboratories, and countries to drive innovation in nanomanufacturing and boost the U.S. economy through emerging optoelectronics applications.