This $330,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems and Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports collaborative research between Purdue University and the University of St. Thomas focused on investigating two-dimensional (2D) materials and developing photoswitchable interlayer exciton devices. Key activities include constructing 2D heterostructured hybrid devices from transition metal dichalcogenides and photochromic...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $343,766 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to Purdue University. The grant supports Dr. Jianing Li's research to develop data-driven, hierarchical computational modeling methods to predict the properties of biocompatible, bioactive nanomaterials for applications in sensing, drug delivery, and tissue engineering. The project aims to create systematic, adaptable approaches to coarse-grain molecular...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $314,920 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Tuskegee University. The grant will fund a collaborative research project focused on the computationally driven discovery and synthesis of novel 2D materials through selective etching. Researchers will combine computational, experimental, and machine learning techniques to develop an enabling process for the electrochemical extraction of atomic layers...
Purdue University was awarded a three-year, $443,065 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support research developing a general synthetic platform for atomically-precise functionalization of two-dimensional nanomaterials. By advancing techniques to functionalize two-dimensional materials at the atomic level with precise control, this work is expected to generate new...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Purdue University a $575,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The grant supports Professor Christopher Uyeda's research on developing multi-metallic catalysts to improve the efficiency and sustainability of chemical processes used in medicine, agriculture, and polymer chemistry. Key activities include designing new ligands that can bind multiple metals to create more active and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research awarded a $375,801 Project Grant to the University of Utah to develop new synthetic routes and self-assembly strategies for fabricating large-area, defect-free 2D coordination polymers (2DCPs). This research, funded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), aims to identify the kinetic bottlenecks leading to defect formation in 2DCPs and unlock their potential as topological materials for quantum...
Through a Project Grant award of $488,035 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, Purdue University is investigating ultrafast electronic and structural dynamics in metal chalcogenide nanoclusters and their assembled superatomic materials. The principal investigator, Hanzhe Liu, is using ultrashort extreme ultraviolet light pulses to observe real-time electronic and atomic motions within these superatomic solids. This technique...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Clemson University's Division of Research a $377,053 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The funding supports research to investigate transient charge and exciton dynamics in halide perovskite semiconductors, particularly under electrical excitation. The project aims to develop an ultrafast electroluminescence testbed to study free charge carrier recombination, exciton funneling and...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded Purdue University $502,550 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049) for the project "PRECISION MONOLAYER CHEMISTRY ON AMORPHOUS MATERIALS" from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024. This three-year Project Grant will support Purdue University's research efforts to promote progress in the mathematical and physical sciences by increasing understanding of major problems through the development...
The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Illinois a $700,485 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop two-dimensional amorphous carbon materials with tunable atomic structures for use as a novel dielectric in electronic devices. Over a four-year period ending February 2026, the university will utilize a solution-based process to precisely control the thickness and degree of medium-range ordering in carbon monolayers and...