Project Grant DESC0023590

This $550,000 National Science Foundation project grant will support the development of novel synthetic approaches for manufacturing optical polymers at the University of Arizona from June 2022 to May 2025. Funded through NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, principal investigators Jeffrey Pyun and Robert Norwood will investigate a new step-growth polymerization process using sulfenyl chlorides to electrophilically add to olefinic monomers. Their research aims to address the high...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $550,000 in funding to the University of Illinois to research a novel mold-free manufacturing process for polymer parts. The project aims to develop a fast and cost-effective "growth printing" technique that uses a self-propagating polymerization front, inspired by natural growth processes, to rapidly cure liquid polymer resins without the need for expensive molds....

RD Research Technology USA LLC was awarded a $199,902 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 14, 2022 to develop all inorganic perovskite materials for low-cost, high performance x-ray imagers. The grant is being carried out under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which supports basic research to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. Specifically, the company will conduct...

Raytum Photonics LLC was awarded a $199,995 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a broadband low aberration composite magnet sextupole lens. The Office of Science's mission is to deliver scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness. Under this February 2022 award concluding in November...

This $350,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of nanoscale single photon 3D printing technology at Purdue University from January 2023 through December 2024. Funded through NSF's Engineering Directorate under the CFDA 47.041 program for engineering research and education, this award contributes to the Foundation's mission of progressing science and supporting national prosperity and security. Specifically, the project aims to advance nanomanufacturing...

This $274,158 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) is funding the development of a novel high-brightness rotating envelope micro-focus transmission X-ray source by Reva X-Ray Systems Corporation. The goal is to significantly enhance the throughput, resolution, and sensitivity of X-ray metrology systems, with applications in semiconductor manufacturing, battery production, and...

This three-year, $298,980 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation, under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program, supports research at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte related to advanced manufacturing processes for complex optical elements. The research aims to test the hypothesis that material removal mechanisms change at increased cutting velocities when single point diamond machining brittle single...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $200,609 to Texas Tech University System to conduct collaborative research on additive manufacturing of optical hybrid materials (OHM). The key objectives are to understand how compositional doping influences OHM hybrid structures and develop a spatially resolved optical analysis system to identify the critical factors affecting these materials under extreme gradients. The successful...

This $450,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports the development of new composite materials with applications in optical devices. Professor Rob Macfarlane and his research group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will synthesize polymer-grafted nanoparticles containing large volumes of high refractive index nanoparticles embedded in a mechanically robust...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $548,305 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts Amherst under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support research titled "PFI-RP: ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR SCALABLE METALENS FABRICATION" from August 15, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The grant aims to develop additive manufacturing techniques for scalable fabrication of metalenses, which are planar optical components that can replace conventional refractive lenses. The...