Rutgers University, Newark was awarded a $556,878 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to investigate boron-functionalized pi-conjugated materials with tailored properties. Under this award effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026, Professor Frieder Jäkle of Rutgers University-Newark's Department of Chemistry will synthesize and analyze conjugated organic materials functionalized with boron-nitrogen Lewis pairs to alter...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $250,000 in funding to Professors Christopher J. Kloxin and Darrin J. Pochan at the University of Delaware. The goal is to synthesize innovative polymeric materials using biologically inspired nanoparticles called "bundlemers" to create a new class of block copolymers. The research team will explore how the modular nature of these bundlemer-templated...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $645,000 Project Grant to faculty at Johns Hopkins University to conduct research on entropically constrained self-limiting supramolecular polymerization. The 3-year project, which commenced on July 1, 2024, aims to uncover the fundamental factors influencing the synthesis and properties of innovative supramolecular polymers that combine the strengths of traditional plastics with self-healing and responsive capabilities. Key...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $524,725 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Rutgers, The State University for a research project titled "Probing Redox and Photoredox Activity in Metal-Organic Frameworks." The research aims to gain fundamental insights into the electronic properties and charge transfer processes of metal-organic frameworks, which are a class of porous materials with diverse energy and environmental...
The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Chicago a $669,999 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop new synthetic methodologies for interlocked polymers from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2027. Professor Stuart J. Rowan and his team will design and synthesize polycatenanes and polyrotaxanes, which are macromolecular architectures containing mechanical bonds within the polymer backbone. This research aims to access new interlocked...
This $416,841 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program supports research by professors Farnaz A. Shakib and Mengqiang Zhao at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to develop electrically conductive and magnetically bi-stable coordination polymers (Bi-CCPs). The goal is to create a new class of tunable, high-conductivity materials suitable for applications like electronic switches, quantum sensors, and...
Rutgers, The State University was awarded a $1,265,946 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The grant funds collaborative research titled "Machine Learning and Robotics for the Data-Driven Design of Protein-Polymer Hybrid Materials." The research appears aimed at advancing the use of machine learning and robotics...
This $600,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program supports research by Professor Ramesh Jasti at the University of Oregon to harness the reactivity of strained macrocycles for the synthesis and fabrication of diverse carbon nanostructures. The overarching goals are to advance scientific knowledge, develop new materials with unique photophysical and electronic properties, and train the next generation of synthetic...
The National Science Foundation awarded The Johns Hopkins University a $510,000 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to develop new polymer modification chemistries. Johns Hopkins will utilize borane-substituted polyolefins as precursors to synthesize copolymers of allyl alcohol, allyl chloride, and alpha-olefins that cannot currently be accessed directly from polymerization of allylic monomers. Specifically, Rebekka Klausen will employ...
This three-year, $491,708 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support the development of hybrid bonding polymers at Northwestern University. Researchers will integrate traditional covalent polymers with supramolecular polymers using small molecules as co-crystallized domains. This is intended to generate functional structures combining the mechanical benefits of polymer backbones and crystalline lattices at sites connected by...