This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports fundamental and applied research on correlated electron phases in a unique family of two-dimensional (2D) crystalline semiconductor materials. The $416,387 award to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) aims to investigate the emergent phenomena, phases, properties, and principles in this platform of naturally occurring multi-layer graphene...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $399,999 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). The funding supports a collaborative research project to develop and harness quasi-one-dimensional topological materials for novel electronic, optoelectronic, and sensing functionalities. The project aims to overcome key challenges in current topological insulator materials by focusing on quasi-one-dimensional...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 3-year, $352,829 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) to conduct collaborative research on manipulating the thermal properties of two-dimensional (2D) materials through interface structure and chemistry. The key research objectives are to: Understand and control thermal boundary conductance at 2D-2D and 2D-bulk material interfaces by applying extreme pressure...
This $388,500 National Science Foundation project grant supports research into the electronic properties of two-dimensional systems subjected to low-energy light excitation at Georgia State University from August 2022 to July 2025. The award is part of NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through advancing knowledge in these fields. Specifically, the university will experimentally examine the magnetoelectronic...
This Project Grant award, valued at $303,710, was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The award supports research to investigate unconventional superconductivity in reconfigurable graphene heterostructures. The primary goals are to develop new tools for studying graphene heterostructures and elucidate the mechanisms behind unconventional superconductivity in these...
This $301,595 federal project grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The award supports fundamental research to develop a new class of two-dimensional quantum emitters based on in-plane transition metal dichalcogenide quantum dots embedded within monolayer sheets. The work encompasses studies to tune the size, shape, density and uniformity of the quantum dots and their...
The University of Texas at Dallas was awarded a $240,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024. The grant funding will support collaborative research on high-dimensional quantum states in two-dimensional material quantum dots. Specifically, the University will conduct research to promote progress in mathematical and physical sciences by increasing...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $774,759 project grant to the University of Texas at Austin from the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for collaborative research on quasi-direct semiconductors. The four-year award beginning October 2021 will support the development of new materials for semiconductor applications through collaborative research on direct bandgap semiconductors. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to strengthen the nation's...
This $250,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research on developing second-generation "Kitaev magnets" as potential building blocks for quantum computing. The research team at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) will investigate a new family of compounds that may exhibit the necessary quantum spin liquid properties to serve as qubits for quantum computation. The project aims to...
This Project Grant award in the amount of $491,285 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The award supports research at the University of Texas at Austin to conduct spatially, temporally, and spectrally resolved electrical probing of optical excitations in semiconductors. The key objectives are to study the generation, recombination, and dissociation of excitons - bound electron-hole pairs - and...
This $299,998 federal Project Grant award is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The grant supports a collaborative research project at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) to investigate emergent correlated-electron phenomena and phases within a family of highly reproducible two-dimensional semiconductor materials, known as rhombohedral graphene multilayers.
The key objectives are to establish this unique crystalline 2D semiconductor platform for studying fundamental principles governing the interplay between geometry, symmetry, topology, and electron interactions. The anticipated outcomes include advancing the understanding of correlated-electron physics, discovering and optimizing exotic quantum phases, and informing the development of next-generation information technology and sustainable energy solutions leveraging low-dissipation quantum chips. The project integrates educational initiatives to foster participation from underrepresented groups and enhance public outreach on 2D semiconductor research. This award supports the research from September 2024 through August 2027.