This federal Project Grant award of $231,764 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry and Division of Physics under the NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Federal Grant Program. The grant supports research by Professor Backlund's group at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to elucidate the fundamental precision bounds and "speed limits" governing the measurement of molecular processes using light-based chemical measurement and imaging techniques. The research aims to theoretically establish and experimentally realize the limits to single-molecule spectroscopy within the framework of quantum metrology, addressing topics such as spatial resolution, molecular discrimination, and single-molecule chiroptical discrimination. The project period runs from March 15, 2025 to February 28, 2030, and the work seeks to advance science and technology in areas like disease diagnosis, chemical weapons detection, and solar energy capture, while also broadening participation in and understanding of quantum information science.
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