Project Grant 2532335
- This $542,001 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will fund collaborative research at Purdue University to develop new customizable optical materials based on MXenes, a family of two-dimensional structures. The research aims to engineer these materials to precisely control light behavior, enabling advanced optical technologies for applications in communication, information technology, energy, and sensing. The project...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $750,000 to Northeastern University to develop innovative engineered photonic materials using a data-driven deep learning approach. The research aims to accelerate the discovery, design, and implementation of new photonic metamaterials with tailored optical properties for applications in areas such as lasers, optical communications, quantum computing, and...
- This Project Grant award of $500,000.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Maryland, College Park will explore a new class of low-loss phase change materials to control light propagation and enable "synthetic dimensions" for advanced optical information processing and computing. The project aims to develop reconfigurable modal control and topological nanophotonics for next-generation communications and quantum computing...
- This $500,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) aims to design a new class of engineered artificial materials known as metamaterials. The goal is to develop metamaterials that exhibit high refractive indices, allowing for the creation of more advanced optical components, faster computing, enhanced augmented reality displays, and improved high-speed communications. The project will...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) provides $945,926 to Norfolk State University (NSU) and Jackson State University (JSU) to design and fabricate tunable hybrid nanostructures for photonic materials research. The project aims to achieve precise control of light-matter interactions in nanoscale environments, enabling the development of novel photonic technologies. Key activities include experimental studies and...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $400,000 to Drexel University to accelerate the development of new inorganic materials for emerging energy, optoelectronic, and biomedical applications. The research aims to bridge the gap between computational materials design and practical laboratory synthesis through a feedback loop of computational predictions and real-time characterization of material...
- This $375,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) aims to accelerate the discovery, design, and implementation of new engineered photonic materials, particularly photonic metamaterials, through a data-driven deep learning approach. The project, led by the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, will establish deep learning frameworks to construct photonic metamaterials, integrate information on tailorable optical...
- Drexel University received a $140,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research. The award is part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the national scientific enterprise. Under this three-year award running from July 2021 through June 2024, Drexel University will conduct collaborative research on transition metal alloys and their potential for emerging properties...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $500,000.00 over a 4-year period to Purdue University to develop a novel hybrid thin film platform with unique optical properties for photonic integrated circuits (PICs). The research aims to advance understanding of electro-optical and magneto-optical coupling effects in complex nanoscale hybrid metamaterials, and demonstrate key building blocks for future large-scale PICs including...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $1,198,092 will support research at Northwestern University from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The university will design photonic lattices and multilayer structures that can confine light in small spaces near metal nanostructures and support electrically-driven excitation. Researchers will fabricate new architectures based on multilayer nanoparticle arrays and realize...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) provides $180,000 to Drexel University to develop new materials that can control optical properties for advanced photonic technologies. The 3-year project aims to leverage MXenes, a family of 2D materials, to create customizable, dynamically tunable, and reconfigurable optical materials that exhibit unique light-matter interactions like plasmonics, epsilon-near-zero response, and strong nonlinear effects. The research will integrate synthesis, characterization, and computational modeling to understand how MXene composition, structure, and arrangement impact their optical and electronic properties. In addition to the technical research, the project will provide interdisciplinary training for graduate and undergraduate students and develop open-access learning resources to help prepare the next generation of photonics researchers.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $180.0k | 7/21/25 |