Project Grant DESC0024991

The National Science Foundation awarded a $260,002 project grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CROSSING THE PERCOLATION THRESHOLD FOR SELECTIVE GAS TRANSPORT USING INTERCONNECTED CRYSTALS OF METAL?ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS IN POLYMER-BASED HYBRID MEMBRANES" from July 2021 through June 2024. The grant funding will support MIT researchers in developing hybrid membrane materials...

The National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded Arizona State University a $452,000 Project Grant under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The three-year award will support research to develop scalable synthesis methods for producing ultrathin two-dimensional covalent organic framework membranes with sub-1 nm pores. These membranes show potential for molecular separations in industrial processes related to fuels,...

This $311,985 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program supports research on the scalable manufacturing of large-area thin films of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for separation applications. The University of Illinois, as the prime awardee, is using a combination of in-situ experimentation, modeling, and separation measurements to develop fundamental manufacturing knowledge on MOF thin film formation through scalable coating techniques like...

This $600,000 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry and Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will fund research into the diffusion of water confined in patterned hydrophilic-hydrophobic nanopores within metal-organic frameworks. Professors Laura Gagliardi of the University of Chicago and Omar Yaghi of the University of California, Berkeley will lead teams performing quantum mechanical calculations and nuclear magnetic resonance...

This three-year $580,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems will fund research into quantifying the role of interfaces in liquid separation membranes based on carbon molecular sieves. The goal is to develop fundamental knowledge of how interfaces impact liquid transport across carbon molecular sieve membranes at length scales below and above one micrometer. Investigators will combine advanced diffusion...

This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems will fund $545,470 in research at the University of Florida to quantify the role of interfaces in liquid separation membranes based on carbon molecular sieves. The research aims to understand deviations from desired separation performance often exhibited by freestanding and hybrid carbon molecular sieve membranes. Investigators will combine advanced...

This $434,507 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of new photocatalytic materials for treating water contaminated with poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by Professors Thomas Senftle and Rafael Verduzco of Rice University. Under this three-year award beginning July 1, 2023, the researchers will apply computational and experimental methods to design covalent organic frameworks (COFs) capable of adsorbing and photochemically degrading PFAS. As modular...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $189,724 project grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Florida for research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CROSSING THE PERCOLATION THRESHOLD FOR SELECTIVE GAS TRANSPORT USING INTERCONNECTED CRYSTALS OF METAL–ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS IN POLYMER-BASED HYBRID MEMBRANES." The three-year grant will support research from July 2021 to June 2024 to develop hybrid membrane materials combining metal–organic...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $469,833 to the University of Florida to develop two-dimensional polymer membranes with precisely engineered gas-selective nanocavities. The goal is to create an energy-efficient, cost-competitive solution for separating gas molecules in industrial applications like carbon dioxide capture and petrochemical purification. The research will focus on designing macrocycle-based membranes that...

This five-year, $616,685 National Science Foundation project grant will fund research at Arizona State University to elucidate the synergistic effects of composition, porosity, and structural rigidity on the mechanics of metallic organic frameworks (MOFs). MOFs are porous hybrid materials consisting of metallic ions connected by organic linkers to form a vast reinforced network with potential for industrial CO2 capture, separation, and storage applications. The grant will support an integrated...