Project Grant 2500487
- This federal Project Grant award of $300,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research by professors at Florida State University and Northwestern University to investigate how light-induced structural changes in organic metal halide hybrid materials affect their optical and electronic properties. The research team will employ a combination of material design, ultrafast optical and X-ray techniques, and...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program provides $957,580 to Florida State University from July 2022 through June 2025 to develop and study new organic metal halide hybrid materials with unique crystalline structures. Specifically, Professor Biwu Ma and his research team will focus on designing and synthesizing "zero-dimensional" organic metal halide hybrids containing both insulating and semiconducting organic components...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $536,121 Project Grant to Bowling Green State University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The funding supports Professor Liangfeng Sun and his research group in developing nanosheets that can emit highly controlled light in the near-infrared range, which is useful for quantum communication through fiber-optic networks. The key objectives include investigating amplified spontaneous emission, exciton...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $1,198,092 will support research at Northwestern University from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The university will design photonic lattices and multilayer structures that can confine light in small spaces near metal nanostructures and support electrically-driven excitation. Researchers will fabricate new architectures based on multilayer nanoparticle arrays and realize...
- This $495,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports Professor Richard Schaller of Northwestern University in investigating the transient structural evolution and dissipation in organic-inorganic hybrid materials. The project aims to use sophisticated time-resolved spectroscopies and X-ray methods to quantify the photoinduced structural changes, such as in bond angles,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $479,016 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Florida State University (FSU) to conduct research on understanding and controlling the molecular-level structure of metal ion-linked multilayer materials for applications in solar cells, catalysis, and other devices. The goal is to use techniques like polarized spectroscopy and vibrational analysis to elucidate the relationship between the structure of...
- This $600,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports Professor Lei Zhu of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Florida State University in developing photosensitive organic compounds with interesting emission or photochemical properties. The goal is to understand the factors that control the behaviors of these compounds in response to light, with potential...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $115,248 Project Grant to Princeton University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The grant supports research to understand and control the interaction of light with matter, with the goal of improving the efficiency of technologies such as solar photovoltaic cells and light-emitting diodes. The key products and services to be delivered include: Fundamental research on singlet fission, triplet...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Professors Uttam Manna and Mahua Biswas of Illinois State University. The $391,078 grant, effective from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, supports research on "selective excitation and charge dynamics of dark molecular transitions." The researchers will use engineered nanostructures called metasurfaces to investigate how light interacts with...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $629,867 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Texas at Austin. The funding supports research by Dr. Doran Bennett to develop new computational methods for simulating excited-state dynamics and nonlinear spectroscopy of molecular materials at the mesoscale (10nm - 1μm). The project aims to establish how specific materials absorb and deploy energy from light, providing essential...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $350,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support collaborative research by professors Biwu Ma and Bin Ouyang of Florida State University, and professor Lin X. Chen of Northwestern University. The project aims to investigate how light-induced structural changes in organic metal halide hybrid materials affect their optical and electronic properties. The researchers will use a combination of material design, ultrafast optical and X-ray techniques, and theoretical modeling to study this emerging class of photoactive materials. The project will provide insights to guide the development of next-generation light-responsive materials and devices, while also supporting science education through outreach activities. The project period runs from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $350.0k | 7/28/25 |