Professor Ramanathan's group at Dartmouth College was awarded a $772,936 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to develop methods for improving the sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The group will work to enhance dynamic nuclear polarization signals through the use of substitutional nitrogen impurity centers in diamond, with the goals of enabling NMR studies of smaller sample volumes at the nano and microscale....
The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded a $870,000 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley. The 3-year grant, starting on September 1, 2023 and ending on August 31, 2026, is funded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop an advanced instrument combining nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), electron paramagnetic resonance...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant of $349,929.00 on June 1, 2024 to Northwestern University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The grant supports a 3-year research program focused on advancing the structural understanding of measurable and topological dynamical systems. The research aims to gain deeper insights into the interactions among different dynamical properties, using a combinatorial and symbolic approach. The...
Northwestern University received a $330,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research. The grant supports research titled "Collaborative Research: Design and Demonstration of Persistent Spin Textures in Ferroelectric Oxide Thin Film" from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. The award funds research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the...
The National Science Foundation awarded Northwestern University a $1.792 million Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) from September 2021 through August 2026. The grant funds research to measure the electron and positron magnetic moments using a quantum cyclotron, with the goal of advancing understanding of fundamental problems in physics. The work is being performed at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The total funding amount and award...
This Project Grant award for $298,000, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports collaborative research between professors at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and Wayne State University. The project aims to improve the sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) through the development of new, cost-effective means of enhancing nuclear...
The National Science Foundation awarded Northwestern University a $355,745 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) from June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2024. The grant funds research on combinatorial and algebraic structures in dynamics, advancing the program's goal of strengthening the nation's scientific enterprise through increased understanding of major problems. The university will utilize the three-year funding period to investigate major open...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded Northwestern University a $571,266 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research titled "SPATIAL ORGANIZATION OF IONS IN SUPRAMOLECULAR NANOSTRUCTURES" from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The grant will fund research exploring the spatial organization of ions within supramolecular nanostructures, advancing understanding of major problems in the mathematical and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $390,720 Project Grant to Franklin And Marshall College to acquire a 400 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer under the NSF Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083). This state-of-the-art NMR instrument will support the research of Professor Edward Fenlon and colleagues Sarah Tasker and Davide Lionetti in areas such as physical organic chemistry, structural biology, and materials science. The...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded Northwestern University $603,682 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to develop photogenerated multi-spin systems as qubits for quantum information science applications. Professor Michael Wasielewski of Northwestern University's Department of Chemistry and his research group will work to control charge and spin transport through organic molecules, tailoring their quantum properties using...