Project Grant 2529078
- 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...
- 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, doing business as Stony Brook University. The grant will fund the development of a new type of 2D chiral fingerprint metasensors based on ultrathin 2D material chiral metasurfaces. This research aims to enable highly sensitive detection and identification of various chiral molecules through a machine learning framework. The...
- This $200,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte aims to develop a photonic optimization framework for freeform metasurfaces that can create strong chiral near-fields for enhanced chiral sensing and imaging. The key goals are to: (1) explore the limits of chiral enhancement in resonant metasurfaces, (2) uncover the underlying electrodynamic mechanisms, and (3) develop prototypes of...
- This $126,656 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports a collaborative research effort led by Professors Julie Biteen of the University of Michigan and David Masiello of the University of Washington. The goal is to develop a multifunctional, high-sensitivity instrument to measure plasmon-enhanced chirality and enable sensing of subtle, heterogeneous changes in chirality at the single-molecule...
- 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 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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $1,000,000 to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines will develop an advanced mid-infrared imaging instrument to analyze the interactions of chiral drugs with biological tissues. The project aims to provide detailed spatial information on how chiral drug molecules behave in different tissue environments, which is crucial for developing safer and more effective medications....
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $315,593 to Yale University and Pennsylvania State University to collaboratively advance the characterization of chiral molecules and materials using metasurface-enabled broadband circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy and imaging. The project focuses on designing, fabricating, and evaluating metasurfaces to significantly simplify...
- 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 National Science Foundation Project Grant of $567,000 supports research from April 2023 through March 2026 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will develop new ultrathin dielectric helical metamaterials to strongly enhance and tune their chiroptical response across the visible spectrum. The research aims to unlock novel ways to efficiently manipulate the broadband chirality, spin angular momentum, and transverse spin of...
This $255,707 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program supports research to develop a new type of 2D chiral fingerprint metasensor for highly sensitive detection and identification of chiral molecules. The project aims to leverage machine learning to rapidly design 2D material-based chiral metasurfaces that can amplify the weak circular dichroism signals of chiral molecules, enabling improved performance over existing chiral metasurface designs. The research will benefit various biomedical, photonic, and analytical applications such as point-of-care healthcare, food analysis, environmental monitoring, and quantum technologies. The award also includes educational activities to train graduate students, recruit a diverse student population, and mentor high school students through outreach. The project will be conducted by the University of Missouri System, doing business as Missouri University of Science & Technology, from October 2025 through September 2028.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $255.7k | 8/18/25 |