This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program, totaling $450,000, will fund research at The Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford University) to develop a new class of high energy-density two-way shape memory polymers (2WSMPs). The goal is to advance the state of materials chemistry and polymer science by understanding the mechanisms behind strain-induced nanostructure formation, which can stabilize polymer...
This five-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research, totaling $239,749, supports theoretical and computational research as well as educational efforts related to emerging layered materials. Specifically, the awardee, Stanford University, will utilize large-scale simulations and develop new methods to study the electronic and optical properties of vertically stacked two-dimensional materials with moiré patterns. This includes calculating effective...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $284,687, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The grant's objective is to advance the understanding and synthesis of rhombohedral transition metal dichalcogenides, a class of two-dimensional ferroelectric semiconductors. Key focus areas include: Synthesizing large single crystals of molybdenum and tungsten-based rhombohedral transition metal dichalcogenides on...
The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded a $299,998 Project Grant to Stanford University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The two-year grant will support research titled "EAGER: SUPERLATTICE-INDUCED POLYCRYSTALLINE AND SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURES IN CONJUGATED POLYMERS" from February 1, 2022 to January 31, 2024. The grant funding will enable Stanford University researchers to advance understanding of major problems in...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 5-year, $251,939 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (SUNY) to investigate how the phase behavior of liquids, specifically alkanes, is influenced by structural and thermodynamic parameters when intercalated within the confinement generated by two-dimensional (2D) materials. The research aims to advance methodologies of force spectroscopy and...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $333,827 to Brandeis University for research developing quantitative continuum theories of composite active fluids from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025. The research will develop theoretical and computational frameworks to describe the dynamics of multi-component biological and synthetic fluids containing self-powered...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Project Grant award of $330,000 supports theoretical and computational research by the University of California, Merced to describe and understand the behavior of biologically-inspired active solids. The research aims to create models that combine mechanical and chemical factors to investigate the unique shape changes and self-organization phenomena possible in active solids, such as those found in cell...
The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded Stanford University a $413,280 Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The three-year grant will fund research on programmable surfaces through scalable self-assembly of particles printed by two-photon polymerization. Specifically, Stanford University will develop techniques for creating surfaces that can dynamically change properties or functions through the controlled...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $549,670 Project Grant to Stanford University from the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of September 1, 2021 through February 28, 2025. The grant funds research into the multiphysics mechanics of magnetic shape memory polymers. As part of its mission to foster innovation and excellence in engineering research, the NSF Directorate for Engineering program supports fundamental research that advances the understanding of engineering and...
This $318,775 National Science Foundation project grant supports theoretical and computational research and education activities at Lehigh University from May 2022 through April 2025. The award is part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to advance scientific knowledge and understanding in these fields. Specifically, the principal investigator and their team will develop advanced numerical techniques to model the properties of two-dimensional quantum...