Project Grant 2526715
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $238,688 Project Grant to the Missouri University of Science and Technology under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a new type of biomolecule sensing platform enhanced by infrared chiral metasurfaces. The university will design and analyze various mid-infrared chiral metasurfaces with high circular dichroism for biomolecule sensing. Nanofabrication processes will be developed to fabricate the chiral metasurfaces and integrate...
- This Project Grant award of $255,707 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports a collaborative research project at the University of Missouri System, doing business as Missouri University of Science & Technology, to develop a new type of 2D chiral fingerprint metasensors empowered by machine learning for highly sensitive detection and identification of chiral molecules. The key products and services to be delivered include the rapid design and...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $267,520 project grant to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (RFSUNY), operating as Stony Brook University, to develop a new type of highly sensitive 2D chiral fingerprint metasensor based on machine learning for detecting and identifying various chiral molecules. This research aims to improve the detection sensitivity for chiral molecules, which have important applications in the...
- This Project Grant award of $200,000.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) is funding research by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) to develop a photonic optimization framework for freeform metasurfaces that can create strong chiral near-fields for enhanced chiral sensing and imaging. The overarching goal is to enable ultrasensitive chiral sensing by optimizing optical chirality in these nanostructured metasurfaces. The...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $305,498 project grant to Cornell University to research and develop low-dimensional chiral perovskites for circularly polarized light (CPL) detection. The 3-year project, commencing on November 1, 2025, aims to enhance the chirality, charge transport, and dynamic photoresponse of these materials to achieve highly selective, sensitive, and fast CPL photodetectors. This research could lead to transformative...
- This $419,379 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop innovative gallium nitride (GaN)-based terahertz (THz) photoconductive emitters with an optical-to-THz energy conversion efficiency approaching or exceeding 100%. The research project will focus on three core areas: (1) designing GaN photoconductive switches with high breakdown electrical fields, (2) investigating ultrafast carrier dynamics and THz generation in...
- This three-year National Science Foundation project grant of $231,636 supports research at Stony Brook University to develop new biomolecule sensing techniques using infrared chiral metasurfaces. The researchers aim to design and analyze mid-infrared chiral metasurfaces with high circular dichroism for biosensing applications. They will fabricate the chiral metasurfaces and integrate microfluidic cells to characterize the sensing platform using infrared chiroptical measurements. The goal is to...
- This $373,344 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports a collaborative research project led by Professors Julie Biteen of the University of Michigan and David Masiello of the University of Washington. The project aims to develop a multifunctional, high-sensitivity instrument to measure plasmon-enhanced chirality and enable the sensing of subtle, heterogeneous...
- This $450,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of a new spectroscopic tool called Chiroptical Second-Harmonic Light Scattering on Nanostructured Particles (CHIRON). The primary awardee, the Regents of the University of Michigan, will collaborate with researchers from the University of Bath to create this label-free, high-throughput analytical method for detecting and analyzing large biological structures...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will investigate the torsional piezoelectric properties of chiral (asymmetric) biological molecules. The $299,963 award will fund a two-year study to explore how chiral solids can generate voltage when twisted and twist in response to an applied voltage, with potential applications in power generation and microscopic motors. The project will study both left-...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) has awarded a $370,359 Project Grant to Oklahoma State University (OSU) to develop and demonstrate novel excitation mechanisms for chiral terahertz (THz) plasmonic surface waves and experimentally demonstrate chirality sensing using these waves. The proposed research aims to significantly enhance the chiral densities of plasmonic THz surface waves and chiral-chiral interactions between the waves and molecules, enabling a new generation of functional THz sensing devices for biomedical applications. By achieving these objectives, the project will advance THz chirality sensing and plasmonic technologies, resulting in innovations such as polarization-controlled launching of chiral THz plasmonic surface waves, enhanced chirality sensing, and novel meta-devices. This research seeks to overcome challenges surrounding the underdeveloped THz regime and catalyze the emergence of a new field of THz chirality sensing, while also providing interdisciplinary training for the next generation of scientists and engineers.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $370.4k | 8/18/25 |