The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $124,802 Project Grant to the University of Oklahoma (OU) to study the growth of lead halide perovskite nanocrystals at the single-particle level. This research aims to advance the development of low-cost single photon emitters (SPEs) necessary for building future quantum photonic networks that enable secure quantum communications. Under this 2-year grant, starting September 1, 2023, Professor Yitong Dong and his...
This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a collaborative research effort led by Purdue University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Southern California. The project aims to design a new class of quantum materials based on perovskite quantum dots that can enable efficient, wave-like transport of information and energy. Key objectives include understanding how these...
This $301,595 federal project grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The award supports fundamental research to develop a new class of two-dimensional quantum emitters based on in-plane transition metal dichalcogenide quantum dots embedded within monolayer sheets. The work encompasses studies to tune the size, shape, density and uniformity of the quantum dots and their...
This $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) aims to advance the understanding of quantum materials and establish a design space for room-temperature superfluorescent quantum emitters. The research program brings together teams from Duke University with expertise in material synthesis, quantum property characterization, theory, and computational materials simulations. By systematically studying...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for a collaborative research project on "Designing Coherence and Entanglement in Perovskite Quantum Dot Assemblies." This 4-year project aims to understand how perovskite quantum dots can be engineered to enable efficient and coherent transport of information and energy in a wave-like manner. The...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $476,170 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The grant supports the development of a new class of tunable materials consisting of colloidal quantum dots with independently controlled size, shape, and composition. Researchers will investigate the fundamental thermodynamics and kinetics governing the synthesis and growth of these novel linear quantum dot...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) Project Grant award of $420,000 to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) supports the development of stable and efficient electroluminescent devices based on 3D/0D perovskite bulk/nanocrystal emission layers. The project aims to address the stability issues of perovskite-based electronic devices such as LEDs and solar cells by creating heterostructures composed of perovskite nanocrystals embedded in a...
This is a 5-year, $235,316 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The grant supports research by the University of Michigan to better understand how colloidal quantum dot solids respond to mechanical strain and deformation. The project aims to reveal the underlying chemical, structural, and optoelectronic mechanisms by which the interaction between quantum dots and conjugated polymers impacts the...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $499,999 project grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). This 4-year grant aims to advance the understanding of quantum materials and establish a design space for room-temperature superfluorescent quantum emitters. The project brings together UNC researchers with expertise in materials synthesis, quantum property characterization, computational materials...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $195,373 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Illinois at Chicago, William & Mary, and Princeton University. The 2-year grant supports collaborative research to resolve the longstanding mystery of quantum dot blinking - the random on-off behavior of these nanoscale semiconductor particles that limits their practical application. The research team, with expertise in chemical...