Project Grant 2506045
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $390,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Brandeis University. The goal of this 3-year project, from August 2025 to July 2028, is to develop new strategies for designing and synthesizing multicomponent crystalline materials by arranging microscopic colloidal particles. The researchers will use experiments and computer simulations to investigate the assembly kinetics of these materials and engineer reconfigurable...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $278,077 to Northeastern University to create computer simulations that will help scientists study how organic molecules form crystals when mixed with a liquid and placed inside nanomaterials. The project aims to understand how confinement in nanopores affects the nucleation of crystal formation, which is important for developing more effective medicines and stronger materials for...
- This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund a collaborative research effort at the University of Colorado to study the fundamental relationships that control the assembly of solid materials from small, shape-changing ribbon-like particles. The $397,494 award, spanning from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027, will investigate the use of reversible physical entanglement of these shape-changing particles to create porous solid...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund a collaborative research effort to create computer simulations that study how organic molecules form crystals when mixed with liquids and placed inside nanomaterials. The $312,589 award to North Carolina State University will run from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028. The goal is to better understand how the tiny spaces of nanopores affect the nucleation and formation of these crystals,...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, funded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports a collaborative research project at Drexel University aimed at fabricating ordered nanoparticle-polymer superstructures through co-crystallization. The $328,000 award, effective from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, will focus on (1) understanding the co-crystallization process of polymers and nanoparticles, (2) controlling the structure of nanoparticle crystalsomes formed...
- This $450,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to understand and control the interfacial dynamics governing the formation of discrete tiles of nanoparticle assemblies on functionalized fluid interfaces. The research combines experimental and computational methods to investigate and manipulate the thermodynamic and kinetic factors influencing nanoparticle assembly at fluid interfaces. The goal is to achieve precise control...
- The Trustees of Princeton University was awarded a $463,485 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems. The grant supports research titled "Designing Novel Tunable Colloids via Inverse Statistical Mechanics" from January 15, 2022 through December 31, 2024. Under this NSF Engineering grant (CFDA #47.041), Princeton University researchers will develop new methods to design colloidal particles with...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) in the amount of $387,558 will support collaborative research led by Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) to study the fundamental relationships governing the assembly of solid materials from shape-changing ribbon-like particles made of liquid crystal elastomers. The research aims to elucidate the stimulus-structure-property relationships that control the reversible physical entanglement of...
- This $420,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports collaborative research on the effects of microgravity conditions on crystal growth and particle self-assembly during directional solidification of solutions. The research aims to reveal the subtle forces involved in these processes when gravity is removed, and compare the structural features obtained in microgravity versus on Earth. The research will integrate experimental...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $129,552 to the University of Tennessee to conduct collaborative research on directed assembly of nanoparticles and polymers via co-crystallization. The primary objectives are to: 1) understand the co-crystallization process of polymers and nanoparticles; 2) control the structure of nanoparticle crystalsomes formed through co-crystallization; and 3) tune nanoparticle crystalsomes...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $350,000.00 to The Trustees of Princeton University to conduct collaborative research on the design, kinetics, and reconfigurable assembly of multicomponent crystals. The goal is to understand how to precisely arrange microscopic colloidal particles to create new materials with customizable properties. The project will use experiments and computer simulations to develop new strategies for designing and synthesizing these multicomponent colloidal materials, and establish an online platform to share the resulting design tools with other researchers. The award also includes the creation of a new training program to introduce students to the experimental and theoretical methods required for this type of research. The project is scheduled for completion by July 31, 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $350.0k | 8/15/25 |