Project Grant 2431337
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $502,799 in funding to Brown University from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028. Under this award, Professors Daniel Mittleman of Brown University and Michael Ruggiero of the University of Rochester will conduct collaborative research to investigate guest-host molecule interactions in porous materials like metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and clathrates. The...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $164,120 Project Grant to the University of Rochester under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant funds a collaborative research project between Professor Daniel Mittleman of Brown University and Professor Michael Ruggiero of the University of Vermont to study the vibrational motions of clathrate materials using terahertz spectroscopy. The goal is to investigate the fundamental kinetics and dynamics driving the...
- The National Science Foundation awarded Brown University a $400,000 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support collaborative terahertz spectroscopy of clathrates from June 15, 2021 to May 31, 2024. Brown University will utilize the funding to conduct research on terahertz spectroscopy techniques to analyze gas hydrate clathrates. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program's goals to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $524,725 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Rutgers, The State University for a research project titled "Probing Redox and Photoredox Activity in Metal-Organic Frameworks." The research aims to gain fundamental insights into the electronic properties and charge transfer processes of metal-organic frameworks, which are a class of porous materials with diverse energy and environmental...
- This $700,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) supports Professor Carl Brozek at the University of Oregon in using sophisticated vibrational sum-frequency scattering spectroscopy (VSFSS) to study the surface properties of colloidal porous nanoparticles, particularly metal-organic framework (MOF) nanocrystals. The research aims to provide fundamental insights into...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded a $249,995 Project Grant to Professor Tej B. Limbu and students at the University of Houston-Clear Lake under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The funding supports a 2-year research project focused on developing a highly sensitive and cost-effective sensing technique using Multimodal-Enhanced Raman Scattering (MERS) to detect trace levels of hazardous...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a CAREER grant of $156,611 to The Washington University Office of Sponsored Research Services Division in St. Louis, Missouri under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. This grant supports the development of a new family of highly ordered, chemically stable, and elastic porous organic materials through a novel synthesis approach. The key goals are to achieve high adsorption capacity and selectivity for applications in areas like...
- This $452,715 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of 3D architectures that embed porous gas adsorbent materials inside high thermal conductivity substrates. The goal is to improve thermal control and enhance gas sorption performance for applications such as air purification, carbon capture, molecular sensing, gas separations, and catalysis. The key research objectives include developing methodologies to...
- This $620,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (CFDA 47.049) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports research by Professors Francesco Paesani of the University of California, San Diego and Mircea Dincă of Princeton University. The project aims to investigate the molecular mechanisms governing ion transport in confined environments, such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), and use these insights to design improved quasi-solid-state electrolytes for energy...
- This $688,144 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports a collaborative research effort led by Professors Ilya Zharov and John Conboy of the University of Utah. The project aims to elucidate the molecular-level interactions between polymer-grafted silica nanoparticles during self-assembly using sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy. The researchers will systematically investigate how...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $310,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to support a collaborative research project led by professors from Brown University and the University of Rochester. The goal of this 3-year project is to investigate the atomic-level mechanisms that drive the adsorption of gases in porous materials such as metal-organic frameworks and clathrates using a combination of vibrational spectroscopies, including terahertz time-domain and Raman measurements, and computational modeling. The research aims to uncover how gas loading alters the vibrational dynamics of these porous materials in real-time, which will inform the rational design of materials optimized for applications like hydrogen storage or toxic chemical remediation. This project also integrates hands-on educational activities for high school students to further the pedagogical training of the graduate students involved.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $310.0k | 8/14/25 |