Project Grant 2451851
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $201,993 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Illinois Chicago. The grant supports Professor Neal Mankad's research on encapsulated bimetallic complexes based on earth-abundant metals for (photo)catalysis. The research team will create bimetallic reaction centers encapsulated by naturally occurring sugar molecules called cyclodextrins, which are expected to increase...
- This $249,971 Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The grant supports a project led by Professor Hesari and students at the State University of New York at Oswego to study the development of atomically precise metal nanoclusters (APMNCs) approximately 1-2 nm in size. The researchers will design and synthesize functionalized organothiol ligands to promote the hybridization and controlled assembly of...
- This $333,850 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) aims to elucidate the structures and dynamics of plasmonic catalysts used for sustainable chemical manufacturing. Principal Investigator Jain from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and collaborators at Humboldt University and Helmholtz-Zentrum in Berlin will utilize advanced in-situ electron microscopy and spectroscopy techniques to study the...
- The National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) awarded a $540,000 Project Grant to Professors Smith and Schleife at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The grant supports their research on a new synthetic approach to manufacturing diverse classes of nanocrystals, which have applications in next-generation electronics, visual displays, solar cells, and medical tests. The researchers are studying "alkoxy reactions" that...
- This $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program will support research at the University of Michigan and Trinity University to investigate the structural and electronic properties of high-valent cobalt, nickel, and copper-oxo complexes. The project aims to improve understanding of how metal-oxo versus metal-oxyl character impacts the stability and reactivity of these unstable, yet potentially useful,...
- This $297,402 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports a collaborative research project between professors at Boston University and Northeastern University. The research aims to investigate charge and energy transfer between metal nanostructures and semiconductor nanocrystals through single particle spectroscopy. Specifically, the project will analyze the scattering spectra of individual hybrid...
- This $273,000 project grant, awarded on June 15, 2024 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports collaborative research at Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania State University, and Kansas State University. The research team is investigating how the structure of metal nanoclusters impacts their electronic and vibrational properties, with the goal of understanding energy transfer dynamics at the...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $780,000 in funding from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2029 to the University of Washington to conduct research on semiconductor nanocrystals. The project, led by Professor Brandi Cossairt, aims to develop new strategies for precisely controlling the atomic-level properties of nanocrystals by studying how they form from "magic-sized clusters" - special starting...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $499,701 Project Grant to the University of Louisville under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. Through this 3-year grant, the University's research group led by Dr. Frank Zamborini will develop advanced electrochemical methods for synthesizing and patterning metal nanoclusters containing fewer than 200 atoms. This innovative approach aims to produce atomically-precise nanoclusters with controlled size and composition,...
- This $526,697 federal Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The grant supports a collaborative research project between researchers at Indiana University and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany. The objective is to elucidate the atomic-level and nanoscale processes involved in the formation and transformation of nanocrystals using advanced in-situ electron microscopy...
This Project Grant award of $388,983 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research led by Professor Neal Mankad at the University of Illinois Chicago. The project aims to spatially map the electronic structures of atomically precise copper nanoclusters using advanced crystallographic techniques. This work will enhance the understanding of how the arrangement of atoms affects the chemical behavior of these copper-based nano-catalysts, which play critical roles in accelerating chemical reactions in industry and research. The project's objective is to provide an atom-level understanding of chemical bonding within these copper nanoclusters, with the goal of informing the design of more effective catalysts. This award runs from September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $389.0k | 7/28/25 |