This Project Grant award for $416,387 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research to investigate emergent phenomena, phases, properties, and principles in a unique platform of crystalline two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors - rhombohedral graphene multilayers. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is the prime awardee, leveraging its expertise in both experimental and theoretical domains to establish this...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), provides $200,000 from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027 to The Ohio State University to research and develop novel quasi-one-dimensional topological materials. The project aims to overcome current limitations of topological insulators by exploring quasi-1D structures, with the goal of discovering new topological phases, materials, and devices...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $208,120.00 to Carnegie Mellon University to explore the unique light-matter interaction and emerging properties in individual and stacked atomically thin semiconductors. The key objectives are to: 1) investigate the excitonic physics and many-body effects in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) using advanced optical spectroscopy techniques, and...
This $350,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports theoretical research on charge and heat transport in quantum electronic systems. The key objectives are to investigate nonreciprocal transport phenomena in two-dimensional materials, nanostructures, and superconducting devices, with a focus on the superconducting diode effect and nonreciprocal thermoelectric effects. The award, spanning June 2025 to May...
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 $489,946 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at the University of South Florida to develop a new class of opto-spintronic devices using two-dimensional semiconductor materials. The project aims to improve spin injection efficiency by utilizing tunable ferrimagnetic electrodes, and grow lateral heterojunctions to enable the emission of chiral (circularly polarized) photons. This research has applications in...
This Project Grant award of $194,244, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), aims to develop new methods for synthesizing and characterizing inorganic chalcogenide perovskite materials. The project seeks to establish low-temperature solution-based synthesis techniques to produce chalcogenide perovskite nanoparticles and thin films, enabling the study of their optoelectronic properties...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports research on the synthesis and characterization of complex oxide thin films and superlattices comprised of 4D and 5D transition metals. The $239,009 award, granted on April 15, 2025, will fund the University of Delaware's systematic studies of novel metal-organic precursor-based hybrid molecular beam epitaxy techniques to produce these materials....
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports research to develop and characterize engineered ruthenate heterostructures with the potential to host topological phases suitable for quantum information applications. The award totaling $300,000 will fund the synthesis and band structure analysis of these materials using innovative pulsed laser deposition and advanced characterization...
This $330,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems and Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports collaborative research between Purdue University and the University of St. Thomas focused on investigating two-dimensional (2D) materials and developing photoswitchable interlayer exciton devices. Key activities include constructing 2D heterostructured hybrid devices from transition metal dichalcogenides and photochromic...
This $458,000 award under the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports a research project at The Ohio State University focused on engineering the band structure of the 2D semiconductor material PdSe2. The key objectives are to optimize PdSe2 properties for thin-film transistors, exploit spin-orbit coupling effects in few-layer PdSe2, create anisotropic band structures for novel photodetector applications, and achieve flat bands in PdSe2 moiré superlattices. This research aims to advance electronic and optoelectronic technologies through innovative manipulation of the material's unique pentagonal structure and underlying square lattice. The project integrates student training in nanofabrication, quantum transport, and scientific communications. No subawards are planned under this award, which runs from September 2024 through August 2027.