Project Grant FA23862314125

This three-year $500,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support the development of novel azadipyrromethene (ADP)-based complexes as solution-processable semiconductors with applications in organic electronics and solar energy conversion. Principal Investigator Genevieve Sauve of Case Western Reserve University will synthesize ADP complexes coordinated with various metals to manipulate molecular geometry and tune optoelectronic...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,988 Project Grant to SVV Technology Innovations' Lucent Optics division on July 22, 2024 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The funding supports the development of "ultra-high performance LED lighting sheets employing photoluminescent light guides." This research project aims to advance energy-efficient and innovative lighting technologies that prioritize material optimization and...

The National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry awarded the University of Texas at Dallas a $450,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop smart photochromic electronic devices. Professor Michael C. Biewer and students will synthesize novel light-activated organic semiconducting materials incorporating a bicyclic aziridine photochromic unit. They will attach this unit as a pendant group to donor-acceptor-donor small molecules based on...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $149,503 to Purdue University and the University of St. Thomas to support collaborative research on photoswitchable interlayer exciton devices from two-dimensional hybrid heterostructures through August 2025. The universities will investigate modulating the formation and behavior of interlayer excitons in atomically thin...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $525,000 Project Grant to the University of Rochester under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support research into new classes of excited state intermediates called exciplexes. Professor Joseph Dinnocenzo will investigate how exciplexes form when a molecule absorbs light and complexes with another molecule in its ground state. The research aims to discover exciplexes made from charged electron acceptors and donors that...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $250,000 to Rutgers, The State University aims to improve the efficiency and operational lifetime of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays used in portable electronic devices. The project will integrate plasmonic metasurfaces into the back silver anode electrode of top-emitting phosphorescent blue OLED devices to enhance stability and efficiency. This technology has the...

This $274,953 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program funds the development of more efficient and brighter organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays for use in cell phones, tablets, and smart watches. The project aims to generate OLED displays that are 1.5 times more efficient and brighter than current models, which could result in up to 19% power savings for the 4.9 billion cell phones worldwide. The...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,996 Project Grant to SVV Technology Innovations' Lucent Optics division to develop a high-performance volumetric LED troffer with reduced material intensity and enhanced aesthetics. This grant, funded through the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), supports the company's research and development of advanced LED lighting technologies that prioritize energy efficiency, material optimization, and innovative...

Through a $489,703 award under the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), Professor Dong Hee Son at Texas A&M University is investigating the use of dark excitons in lead halide perovskite nanocrystals to generate light and charge carriers with controllable quantum properties. The research team is exploring the energy and relaxation dynamics of single- and bi-exciton states formed from dark excitons, as well as the emission of correlated...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Rutgers, The State University under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) to develop more stable and efficient organic light-emitting diodes for applications in horticulture and architectural lighting. Specifically, the awardee will work to improve the efficiency and stability of blue emission and overall light extraction from OLED sources through nanotechnology approaches such as...