The National Science Foundation awarded a $458,902 project grant to the University of South Carolina under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research titled "SYNTHESIS OF HIERARCHICAL MATERIALS WITH A TUNABLE PHOTOISOMERIZATION RESPONSE" from June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2024. The grant will fund research to synthesize new hierarchical materials and investigate their tunable photoisomerization response, in line with the program's goals of...
The National Science Foundation awarded the University of South Carolina a $1,072,092 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop new fluoride and oxyfluoride materials with magnetic and optical properties. Over a four-year period from August 2022 to July 2026, the university will apply crystal growth methods to synthesize new classes of fluoride and oxyfluoride compounds containing transition and lanthanide metals. The university's researchers...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $470,150 to Professor Linda Shimizu of the University of South Carolina from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The funding supports research to precisely engineer self-assembling nanotube structures from 3 to 150 monomers of bis-urea macrocycles for applications in photochemistry, molecular electronics, and photodynamic therapy. Specific...
This $309,414 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program, supports research at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNC-G) to develop a new class of photocatalysts that can transform cheap, unreactive raw materials into value-added chemicals. The goal is to control the photochemical process and reaction selectivity by modulating the energy of the light...
The University of South Carolina received a three-year $491,394 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) beginning November 1, 2023 through October 31, 2026. The grant supports research by Professor Ken Shimizu and his team to study and quantify weak non-covalent interactions in solution through computational analyses and experimental design of molecular balances and rotors. The research aims to...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $334,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of South Carolina (USC) to develop theoretical and computational methods incorporating quantum mechanics for studying the properties and behaviors of molecular systems and nanomaterials. The project, led by Professor Sophya Garashchuk, aims to gain a fundamental understanding of chemical reactivity, charge and energy...
Professor Kutateladze of the University of Denver will use a $575,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant from the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to further develop photoassisted approaches for the synthesis of complex heterocyclic molecules with potentially useful therapeutic properties. Over a three-year period from September 2023 through August 2026, his research aims to expand the synthetic photochemistry toolbox, specifically excited state intramolecular...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded the University of South Carolina $395,000 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support collaborative research on mechanochemistry of metallocenes from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Professors Chuanbing Tang of the University of South Carolina and Stephen L. Craig of Duke University will develop a class of metal-containing polymers that respond chemically to mechanical stress through common...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $550,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) for a 3-year project. The objective is to establish light-activated reactions that form transition metal hydride complexes, which are critical for producing fuels and commodity chemicals. The research activities will study the electronic structure and photochemistry of...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded a $362,099 Project Grant to the University of South Carolina (USC) under the CFDA 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences program. The funding supports research by Dr. Sheryl L. Wiskur of the USC Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry to develop polymers that can be used in organic reactions to improve the sustainability of chemical processes. The goal is to understand how the microenvironment of...
This $602,701 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through its Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The primary focus of the award is to develop stimuli-responsive materials with directed photophysical behavior, led by Principal Investigator Prof. Natalia Shustova and her team at the University of South Carolina. The research aims to establish fundamental synthetic principles to control the rate of photophysical material response and integrate multiple photochromic molecules to enable precise, multi-variable control of material properties. This work has potential applications in areas such as optoelectronic devices, drug delivery, artificial muscles, and encryption systems. In addition to the materials chemistry research, the grant supports the Carolinian Women in Science (WI-SCI) program, which provides educational and research opportunities to support female students in STEM disciplines, especially those from underrepresented minority groups. The award period is from November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2027.