Project Grant 2603952
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry award provides $760,000 over 4 years to support an interdisciplinary research project led by Professors Colin Nuckolls and Xavier Roy of Columbia University. The project aims to explore the development of a new class of macromolecular materials that combine electronic and chiral properties, with the goal of understanding how chirality can be used to control spin-selective electron transport. This research will integrate advanced design...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemistry awarded a $598,414 Project Grant to Eran Rabani of the University of California, Berkeley to develop advanced neural network-based atomistic models that predict the optical properties of chiral semiconductor nanocrystals. These materials have applications in next-generation technologies like filters, sensors, and displays. The research aims to overcome challenges in understanding and predicting the chiroptical properties of these...
- This five-year Project Grant award of $656,326 from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry provides funding for the research project "CAREER: SINGLE PARTICLE VISUALIZATION OF CHEMICAL PROCESSES DURING MULTIMETALLIC NANOCRYSTAL SYNTHESIS" at the University of Maryland, College Park. The research aims to advance understanding of chemical processes at the nanoscale level during the synthesis of multimetallic nanocrystals. Insights gained from visualizing reaction dynamics...
- 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...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth $554,816 on September 1, 2026, for a CAREER project to investigate spin polarization in inorganic hybrid nanostructures at the single-particle level. Professor Wei-Shun Chang and his research team will develop a new platform to understand electron transportation in metal–semiconductor nanostructures approximately 1000 times smaller than a human hair. The project integrates single-particle...
- The Regents of the University of California at Riverside received a $501,641 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (47.049) program to develop novel plasmonic chiral superstructures using magnetic assembly of hybrid magnetic/plasmonic nanoparticles. Professor Yin and his team will explore how to create inherent chirality, or handedness, in nanostructures by assembling hybrid nanoparticles containing magnetic oxides and noble metals in magnetic...
- This $530,000 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 will fund a research project at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) to develop new chiral two-dimensional organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite materials with tunable circular dichroism properties. The project aims to (1) synthesize and characterize new chiral hybrid perovskites...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Under the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), the University of Maryland, College Park received a $570,000 Project Grant awarded January 1, 2026, with completion anticipated by December 31, 2028. Professor Yuhuang Wang is developing innovative chemical strategies for synthesizing and precisely placing organic color-centers on single-walled carbon nanotubes using programmable deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)...
- 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...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded $692,909 to the University of Maryland, College Park on March 1, 2026, under the Chemical Theory, Models and Computational Methods Program to develop theoretical methods for simulating chemical reactions catalyzed by transition-metal surfaces. Dr. Hong-Zhou Ye and his research group will integrate advances in quantum chemistry theory and software development to create computational tools capable of reliably predicting catalytic...
The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded the University of Maryland, College Park $499,479 on August 15, 2026, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop chemical principles for creating chiral inorganic nanomaterials and understanding how structural chirality controls charge, spin, and chemical reactivity. Professor Min Ouyang will establish a new class of all-inorganic chiral hybrid nanostructures by investigating how chirality can be deliberately engineered into inorganic nanostructures to govern the movement of charges, spins, and chemical reactions. The project will establish chemical design principles for creating ligand-free, all-inorganic chiral hybrid nanostructures with programmable architectures that integrate plasmonic, excitonic, and spin functionalities within a single nanoscale platform, with investigation into how chirality can be induced, propagated, and controlled across heterogeneous inorganic interfaces. The research will enable more efficient solar-energy conversion, greener chemical manufacturing, new approaches to information processing based on electron spin, and design principles for sustainable catalytic technologies and next-generation functional materials. The project could further contribute to quantum information systems by enabling new approaches for generating, manipulating, and transferring spin-polarized states in solid-state materials. The award also funds interdisciplinary training of graduate and undergraduate students, development of hands-on nanoscience educational modules, and outreach activities. Performance runs through July 31, 2029, at College Park, Maryland.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $499.5k | 7/28/26 |