This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $469,833 to the University of Florida to develop two-dimensional polymer membranes with precisely engineered gas-selective nanocavities. The goal is to create an energy-efficient, cost-competitive solution for separating gas molecules in industrial applications like carbon dioxide capture and petrochemical purification. The research will focus on designing macrocycle-based membranes that...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded a $219,996 Project Grant to the University of Florida to develop new fundamental knowledge of membrane structures and performance. The project, which runs from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026, will utilize synthetic chemistry, polymer science, and advanced characterization techniques to design and study "doubly segmented ionenes," a new type of polymer membrane...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research to develop carbon molecular sieve membranes for high-temperature gas separation applications. The $414,710 award, effective November 1, 2024 through December 31, 2025, will support the University of Miami in systematically investigating the relationship between the polymer precursor microstructure and the physical aging and gas separation performance of the resulting carbon...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award for $601,752 provides funding to the University of Florida to develop a versatile strategy for functionalizing polymer ionic liquid (PIL) membranes to enable systematic structure-property studies of carbon dioxide (CO2) transport. The research aims to uncover the fundamental gas transport mechanisms in these membranes, particularly in the presence of water vapor, in order to guide the future development and...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $189,724 project grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Florida for research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CROSSING THE PERCOLATION THRESHOLD FOR SELECTIVE GAS TRANSPORT USING INTERCONNECTED CRYSTALS OF METAL–ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS IN POLYMER-BASED HYBRID MEMBRANES." The three-year grant will support research from July 2021 to June 2024 to develop hybrid membrane materials combining metal–organic...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) federal Project Grant award totaling $269,097 is for a collaborative research project titled "Beyond Fluorine: Molecular-Level Understanding of the Effect of Bromination and Chlorination on Polymer Membrane Transport Property and Long-Term Stability". The research aims to develop a deeper understanding of how halogenation, specifically chlorination and bromination, can enhance the selectivity and long-term...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $866,814 awarded on June 15, 2022 will fund research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology through May 31, 2027 under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The project aims to systematically design polymers to investigate the anomalous role of fluorine in improving membrane-based separations. Specifically, the grantee will synthesize a series of polymers with varying amounts of fluorine and characterize them to reveal how...
This federal Project Grant award of $375,299, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the CFDA 47.049 Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, supports research to advance the understanding of nanostructure, ion affinity, and mobility in polymer membranes. The research aims to enable the design of improved polymer membranes for sustainable applications such as reverse osmosis water purification, chemical flow batteries, and lithium recovery....
This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems will fund $545,470 in research at the University of Florida to quantify the role of interfaces in liquid separation membranes based on carbon molecular sieves. The research aims to understand deviations from desired separation performance often exhibited by freestanding and hybrid carbon molecular sieve membranes. Investigators will combine advanced...
This $386,034 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of chemically resilient, fouling resistant polymer membranes for water separation applications. Funded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), the 24-month award to the University of Massachusetts Amherst enables fundamental research to manufacture porous polymer membranes using an all-aqueous process that eliminates toxic solvents currently used. The research aims to (1) develop a mechanistic understanding...