Project Grant 2515564
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. This 3-year grant, beginning on October 1, 2023, aims to identify new 2D ferroelectric materials, understand how to control their properties, and explore the impact of their polarization on electrical conductivity. The research employs a combination of experimental techniques and...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $563,690 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska for the project "HETEROMOLECULAR INTERFACE DESIGN FOR BETTER MULTIFERROIC MOLECULAR SPINTRONICS". The goal of this research is to develop a highly stable, energy-efficient molecular-based memory device that can potentially address the growing need for computer memory while reducing energy...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $284,687 CAREER: Tailoring Van der Waals Ferroelectricity in 2D Layered Semiconductors project grant (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) to The Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford University) with a performance period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029. The project explores the development of novel atomically thin ferroelectric semiconductor materials to advance high-performance logic devices, efficient memory...
- This two-year, $252,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research will support research into mechanically controlling the electronic properties of two-dimensional ferroelectrics. The grantee, the University of Nebraska, will investigate using mechanical stress and strain as novel methods to deterministically modulate polarization states and related changes in electrical resistance in 2D ferroelectric materials. Researchers will use scanning probe...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $400,000 in funding to the University of Nebraska from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2030. The project aims to identify factors affecting the magnetic properties of non-crystalline solid-state materials that can be used for future microelectronics, including neuromorphic computing. Key objectives include exploring the potential of manipulating short-range atomic...
- The University of Nebraska was awarded a $450,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DMREF: ACCELERATED DISCOVERY OF ARTIFICIAL MULTIFERROICS WITH ENHANCED MAGNETOELECTRIC COUPLING." The grant period runs from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. Under this award, the University of Nebraska will conduct collaborative research to accelerate the discovery of artificial multiferroic...
- This $627,705 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049) aims to advance strain engineering techniques to create novel lead-free ferroelectric oxide heterostructures and membranes. The research team at North Carolina State University (NC State) seeks to develop innovative strain-induced phase boundaries in these materials, which can enable enhanced electrical and electromechanical functionalities for next-generation...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) project grant award supports research to achieve a fundamental understanding and deterministic control of the piezoelectric properties of hafnia-based ferroelectric materials. The $620,097 award to the University of Nebraska will fund a collaborative project with the Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology to conduct systematic experimental studies and theoretical modeling on the impact of factors...
- This $1,800,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will fund a collaborative research project between the University of Kansas and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The project aims to harness the unique properties of artificial magnetic semiconductors in two-dimensional (2D) materials to enable the development of next-generation electronic devices and components, including energy-efficient memory and logic devices. The...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $201,741 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Portland State University to develop a predictive framework for harnessing order-disorder phenomena in mixed-chalcogen semiconductor materials. The 3-year project, running from October 2025 to September 2028, will combine computer modeling, machine learning, and laboratory experiments to better understand how the arrangement of atomic anions impacts the...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $587,083 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska for the project "Tunable Ferroelectricity in Group IV Monochalcogenide Van der Waals Semiconductors". The objective of this 3-year project is to address challenges in the synthesis and characterization of layered semiconductor materials that exhibit ferroelectric properties, which have applications in information storage, energy conversion, and novel computing concepts. The research aims to contribute to the scientific understanding of van der Waals ferroelectrics and support the development of these emerging technologies. The project also includes an integrated outreach program to enhance pre-college science education through hands-on learning activities and school visits.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $587.1k | 7/18/25 |