Project Grant 2556126
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded the University of Southern California $575,000 on October 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop a new class of semiconducting organic polymers for flexible electronics applications. The project focuses on transforming everyday plastics into electrically conductive polymers that can be printed into thin films and integrated into electronic devices such as solar cells, transistors, and...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded the University of Southern California $472,209 on July 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to investigate distinctive structures and phase transitions in nanoscale particles and clusters using the photoelectric effect. The project examines work function shifts in ultrapure individual metal nanoparticles as a gauge of underlying phase and structural changes. Research focuses on nanoscale...
- This National Science Foundation project grant award of $450,000 provides funding from August 1, 2022 through July 31, 2025 to Professor Colin Nuckolls of Columbia University for research titled "Ultra-Long Polyradicaloid Wires for Single-Molecule Electronics." The award is made under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to test the hypothesis that open-shell molecules can form virtually limitless molecular wires for use in single-molecule electronics. Professor...
- The National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences awarded Georgetown University $538,686 on August 15, 2026, to develop innovative semiconducting polymer materials for microelectronics, sensing, and energy technologies under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Prof. Nagarjuna Gavvalapalli will synthesize and characterize azaacene-based semiconducting polymers, establishing molecular design principles that govern electronic and mixed...
- The University of Southern California will reimagine the platform for semiconducting polymers under a $464,024 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry. The grant falls under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these scientific fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and enhancing understanding of major problems. Through this three-year award...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded $570,000 to Trustees of Boston University on August 1, 2026, to develop an optical tweezer darkfield plasmon ruler microscope for measuring single-molecule charge transport and electron flow in solution. The project will create an all-optical technique for manipulating single molecules and probing their ability to conduct electricity without exerting high forces that destroy weak molecular bonds. The instrument will use optical...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded $412,800 to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as University of California, Berkeley, on July 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The award funds scanning tunneling microscopy-based visualization of correlated electron behavior in single-layer and bilayer transition metal dichalcogenide field-effect transistor devices at low temperature and in high magnetic...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded $353,549 to the University of Southern California under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) on July 1, 2025, for a three-year project extending through June 30, 2028. This collaborative research initiative, conducted in partnership with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, investigates N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands as alternatives to traditional thiol-based coatings...
- This $273,615 EAGER: Development of Multifunctional Molecular Electronics Devices with Tunnel Junctions federal grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports fundamental research and device engineering to advance the science and technology of molecular tunnel junctions. The project aims to develop novel multifunctional molecular electronics devices that leverage the plasticity and dynamical qualities of molecular junctions, exploring...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded the University of California, Davis $500,000 on August 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop new intermetallic compounds and investigate their thermoelectric, magnetic, and electronic properties through flux and direct synthesis methods. The project, which runs through July 31, 2029, and is performed in Davis, California, combines material design, laboratory testing, and...
The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded the University of Southern California $472,641 on September 1, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop new methods for forming and studying single-molecule electronic circuits using technologically relevant electrode materials beyond gold. The research addresses the challenge of miniaturizing conventional silicon-based circuits by advancing molecular electronics—the use of individual molecules as circuit elements. Current work in the field relies on gold electrodes, which are incompatible with modern silicon chip fabrication and difficult to integrate with existing chip technologies. This project seeks to identify new electrode materials and understand how they influence circuit performance, with the goal of developing circuits that are highly conducting, chemically stable, and provide well-defined electrical response. Success will guide development of hybrid technologies combining molecular and silicon-based electronics. The project runs through August 31, 2029, with work performed in Los Angeles, California. Beyond research objectives, the award supports educational outcomes: graduate and undergraduate student training in materials science, chemistry, and computational modeling; paid summer research positions for community-college students to strengthen pathways to four-year degrees and STEM careers; and continued development of the Molecular Junction Database, a free search tool organizing published molecular junction data.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $472.6k | 8/11/26 |