Project Grant 2532261
- This Project Grant award for $408,933 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a collaborative research effort between Pennsylvania State University and Portland State University to develop a predictive framework for understanding order-disorder phenomena in mixed-chalcogen semiconductor materials. The researchers are combining computer modeling, machine learning, and laboratory experiments to advance scientific knowledge...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to Colorado State University for $411,749.00. The grant funds a collaborative research project to discover new ternary chalcogenide semiconductors for optoelectronic applications by leveraging alternative entropy sources to enable materials synthesis. The project aims to address the synthesis bottleneck for this class of emerging semiconductors, many of which have been...
- This Project Grant award of $416,387 from the National Science Foundation's (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) program supports a collaborative research project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to investigate emergent phenomena and novel correlated phases of matter in a unique family of crystalline 2D semiconductor materials. The project aims to leverage the high material quality, electric gate tunability, and strongly interacting electrons within highly...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $774,759 project grant to the University of Texas at Austin from the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for collaborative research on quasi-direct semiconductors. The four-year award beginning October 2021 will support the development of new materials for semiconductor applications through collaborative research on direct bandgap semiconductors. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to strengthen the nation's...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $330,000.00 in funding to the University of Maryland, College Park to develop an autonomous experimental framework for materials discovery. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year grant include: Strategies for building smart experimental systems that allow different instruments like microscopes, characterization tools,...
- This $458,000 award under the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports a research project at The Ohio State University focused on engineering the band structure of the 2D semiconductor material PdSe2. The key objectives are to optimize PdSe2 properties for thin-film transistors, exploit spin-orbit coupling effects in few-layer PdSe2, create anisotropic band structures for novel photodetector applications, and achieve flat bands in...
- This $545,491 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports research by The Pennsylvania State University on "Exploring Emergent Phenomena at the Interface of Topological Semimetals, Magnetism, and Superconductivity." The project aims to develop and study new "hybrid topological semimetal heterostructures" where the material's topological properties can be electrically tuned. Using advanced synthesis and...
- This $120,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (CFDA 47.049) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports research to investigate the mathematical foundations of new phases of matter in condensed matter physics, such as stacked and twisted two-dimensional semiconductors and graphene. The project aims to develop new tools to analyze these materials in the semiclassical regime, where quantum and classical physics meet, in order to support the design of future...
- This $301,595 federal project grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program. The award supports fundamental research to develop a new class of two-dimensional quantum emitters based on in-plane transition metal dichalcogenide quantum dots embedded within monolayer sheets. The work encompasses studies to tune the size, shape, density and uniformity of the quantum dots and their...
- This $250,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) supports research to design and discover new "heteroanionic" materials containing multiple types of negatively charged anion atoms. The goal is to understand how the atomic-scale structure of these complex materials influences their electronic, magnetic, and optical properties, enabling the development of advanced materials for...
This $201,741 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research between Pennsylvania State University and Portland State University to develop a predictive framework for understanding order-disorder phenomena in mixed-chalcogen semiconductor materials. The researchers are combining computer modeling, machine learning, and laboratory experiments to improve the ability to design semiconductors with enhanced electrical and thermal properties. The project outcomes will advance scientific knowledge and support the development of improved semiconductor materials for next-generation applications. Additionally, the award includes training for graduate students, development of new course content, and outreach activities to promote participation in the chemical and materials sciences.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $201.7k | 8/21/25 |