This $499,394 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) to Cornell University supports research to unlock the potential of organic polariton lasers through systematic molecular design. The goal is to develop a roadmap to reduce organic polariton condensation thresholds and enable electrically injected lasing. The research uses ultrafast spectroscopy and optical microcavity variation to reveal the molecular basis for polariton...
This Federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program, supports the development of new computational methods and simulation tools for modeling molecular polaritons - hybrid states formed by the interaction between molecules and confined light. The $449,457 award to the University of Delaware, with a project period from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2028, aims to enable more...
This $557,686 National Science Foundation award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) funds research at Temple University from September 2022 through August 2025 related to molecular quantum control and spectroscopy using light-dressed states. The principal investigators will utilize laser interactions with diatomic molecules to study transition strengths between energy states, investigate the electronic structure of dysprosium and erbium dimer molecules, and...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded Columbia University a $442,564 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to develop new microscopy techniques for imaging ultrafast chemical transformations between molecules separated by large distances. Principal Investigator Milan Delor and his research group will leverage polaritons, which are part-light part-matter particles, to significantly increase the sensitivity of...
Purdue University will receive $480,000 over three years from the National Science Foundation under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop new microscopy techniques for studying molecular polariton transport. Professor Libai Huang and her research group will work to image the propagation of polaritons in molecular aggregates with 15 femtosecond temporal and 50 nanometer spatial resolution, as well as momentum selectivity. They will investigate the roles of...
This $523,635 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research at Colgate University to explore techniques for creating novel three-dimensional light patterns that have potential applications in biomedical imaging, communications, and quantum metrology. The principal investigator and undergraduate research team will investigate how manipulating the degrees of freedom in light, such as polarization and...
This federal Project Grant award for $283,100 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The primary objective is to leverage novel light-matter interactions, known as polaritons, to suppress charge carrier scattering and accelerate exciton and charge transport in two-dimensional semiconductors. The research team at Columbia University will use non-contact ultrafast optical microscopy to directly visualize the...
This $214,419 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program is funding a research program at Columbia University to develop a quantum simulator using ultracold polar molecules. The project aims to create novel states of quantum matter that can provide insights into complex quantum phenomena like high-temperature superconductivity and quantum magnetism. The research team, which includes undergraduate students, graduate...
The University of Rochester received a $490,637 three-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to develop new theoretical approaches for simulating quantum dynamics of polariton photochemistry processes. Dr. Pengfei Huo and his research group will use the funding to create accurate and direct simulation methods for molecule-cavity hybrid systems, investigating dynamics...
The National Science Foundation awarded Cornell University a $446,175 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support research from June 2021 to May 2024 to exploit excitons in atomic monolayers for dielectric sensing. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise by increasing knowledge and understanding of major problems. This award will further those goals by advancing the use of...