This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Federal Grant Program, provides $184,839 to Christopher Newport University (CNU) and California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB) to conduct collaborative research on the interactions of ions at interfaces. The research aims to elucidate the properties that govern the distribution and identities of ions in atmospheric aerosols, which is crucial...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $211,628 to researchers at California State University, Monterey Bay and Christopher Newport University. The purpose of the project is to use a combined spectroscopic and computational approach to examine the properties that control the distribution and identities of ions at interfaces, which is critical for accurately predicting atmospheric chemistry. The award...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $381,999 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Houston System, doing business as the University of Houston. The grant will fund a collaborative research project between Naihao Chiang from the University of Houston and Lindsey Madison from Colby College to study heterogeneous electrochemical systems using advances in hyperspectral imaging and simulation tools....
This $273,055 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports theoretical and computational research on charge patterning and molecular interactions in polyelectrolyte/particle phase behavior. The research aims to advance understanding of how molecular structure, particle configuration, and charge patterning affect phase separation in complex coacervates formed between...
This $308,031 three-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research on the nonlinear electrohydrodynamics of motile particles in confinement. The project aims to develop mathematical models, analytical solutions, and computational methods to understand the behavior of micron-sized colloidal particles driven to rotate or roll by electric fields between two planar electrodes. The research integrates...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $463,709 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). The funding supports an international collaboration between UTSA Professors Oleg Larionov and Michael Doyle, and French Professors Nicolas Blanchard and Jean-François Brière, to develop new catalytic methods for constructing important chemical building blocks used in drugs, agrochemicals, and...
This three-year $525,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research into the structure, dynamics, and transport properties of charged macromolecular systems in aqueous solutions. The grantee, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, will investigate the hierarchical organization and non-diffusive dynamics of polyzwitterions, as well as forces controlling coacervate gel composite formation and phase behavior,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $599,648 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to investigate the chemistry of biological macromolecules, such as proteins and environmental DNA, in aqueous aerosols. The 2-year project, led by Professors Vicki Grassian and Rommie Amaro, will integrate laboratory experiments and computational simulations to study the behavior of these macromolecules at...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded Texas A & M University a $500,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research titled "D3SC: DYNAMIC EFFECTS IN ORDINARY ORGANIC REACTIONS IN SOLUTION" from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. The grant funds research investigating dynamic effects in ordinary organic reactions occurring in solution. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to promote...
This $462,824 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports the research of Dr. Michael Eller and his students at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). Over the 5-year project period from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2029, the funded work aims to develop new analytical approaches for performing 3D molecular analysis at the nanoscale using a technique called nano-projectile secondary ion mass spectrometry...