This $126,656 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports a collaborative research effort led by Professors Julie Biteen of the University of Michigan and David Masiello of the University of Washington. The goal is to develop a multifunctional, high-sensitivity instrument to measure plasmon-enhanced chirality and enable sensing of subtle, heterogeneous changes in chirality at the single-molecule...
This $373,344 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports a collaborative research project led by Professors Julie Biteen of the University of Michigan and David Masiello of the University of Washington. The project aims to develop a multifunctional, high-sensitivity instrument to measure plasmon-enhanced chirality and enable the sensing of subtle, heterogeneous...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $1,000,000 to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines will develop an advanced mid-infrared imaging instrument to analyze the interactions of chiral drugs with biological tissues. The project aims to provide detailed spatial information on how chiral drug molecules behave in different tissue environments, which is crucial for developing safer and more effective medications....
The National Science Foundation awarded a $238,688 Project Grant to the Missouri University of Science and Technology under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a new type of biomolecule sensing platform enhanced by infrared chiral metasurfaces. The university will design and analyze various mid-infrared chiral metasurfaces with high circular dichroism for biomolecule sensing. Nanofabrication processes will be developed to fabricate the chiral metasurfaces and integrate...
The Regents of the University of Minnesota were awarded a $712,180 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research to study the chiropptical properties of patterned nanocrystal solids. The grant was awarded on July 1, 2021 with a completion date of June 30, 2025 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Through this funding, the University will investigate major problems confronting the Nation by promoting progress in the mathematical...
The National Science Foundation awarded a 4-year, $575,000 Project Grant to Professor Babak Borhan at Michigan State University (MSU) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The project focuses on developing new methodologies to rapidly identify the chirality (three-dimensional shape) of organic molecules, which is critical for understanding their physical and biological characteristics. Key objectives include designing and synthesizing supramolecular sensor...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $499,944 and awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), aims to develop a novel magnetic field microscope that combines high sensitivity and high resolution. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: Advancing the synthesis of rare-earth-doped magnetic nanoparticles to obtain polymer nanocomposite films with high magnetite nanoparticle loading, low absorption, and enhanced...
This three-year National Science Foundation project grant of $231,636 supports research at Stony Brook University to develop new biomolecule sensing techniques using infrared chiral metasurfaces. The researchers aim to design and analyze mid-infrared chiral metasurfaces with high circular dichroism for biosensing applications. They will fabricate the chiral metasurfaces and integrate microfluidic cells to characterize the sensing platform using infrared chiroptical measurements. The goal is to...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $639,361 Project Grant to The Washington University to investigate the effects of nanomaterial chirality on immune cells and innate immunity from June 15, 2021 to May 31, 2026. This award will fund research under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA #47.041) to study how the handedness of nanoparticles, also known as chirality, impacts immune cell function and the body's innate...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $598,414 Project Grant to the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) on May 1, 2025 to develop advanced neural network-based atomistic models that predict the electronic and optical properties of semiconductor nanocrystals with chiral ligands. The project, led by Dr. Eran Rabani, aims to address computational challenges in understanding and forecasting the chiroptical properties of these nanomaterials, which are...