Project Grant FA23862514026

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $497,265 to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to demonstrate two key transformative device functionalities for next-generation memory and high-frequency electronics. The first goal is to develop a two-terminal spin-orbit torque based magnetic memory unit cell, where information is stored in the magnetic state of a ferromagnet, written via spin-orbit torque phenomena, and read through a new...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $250,000 to the University of Washington to develop a hybrid device that couples excitons in a semiconducting moiré superlattice to nanophotonic resonators, forming a moiré exciton-polariton platform. The project aims to study the resulting strong light-matter interaction to enable analog quantum simulations and advance quantum nano-optoelectronics. Key deliverables include demonstrating...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering awarded a two-year, $250,000 EAGER grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to explore the development of gate-all-around (GAA) field-effect transistors (FETs) using two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide (2D-TMD) materials. The project aims to advance the scalability and performance of complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) transistors by leveraging the unique properties of 2D-TMDs compared...

This $220,807 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of a transformative approach to access quantum states and encode quantum information using atomically-engineered heterostructures consisting of transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers and plasmonic nanoantennas. The key technical objectives are to: 1) Leverage the ultrafast decay of plasmons to electronically readout spin-valley quantum states, 2) Fabricate...

This Project Grant award for $258,887, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports the development of a transformative approach to access and utilize quantum states in atomically-engineered heterostructures. The project aims to harness the decay of plasmons to convert spin-valley quantum information into electrical currents, enabling electronic readout of quantum states. Key activities include fabricating ultra-thin, high-mobility Schottky...

This $360,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) aims to develop new materials and devices for high-density, energy-efficient magnetic random-access memory (MRAM). The project focuses on creating wafer-scale epitaxial van der Waals spin heterostructures, consisting of a 2D ferromagnetic material (Fe3GaTE2) and a topological quantum material with strong spin-orbit coupling. This innovative...

This $350,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at the University of New Hampshire into controlling correlated physics in two-dimensional materials through twist engineering. The goals are to accelerate development of next-generation quantum technologies by achieving unprecedented control over quantum behaviors in these materials and to build a quantum-literate workforce. Specifically, the award funds...

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...

This $279,854 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support research at The Ohio State University to develop new spintronic material platforms for energy-efficient memory and computing applications. The investigators will focus on heterostructures consisting of ultrathin ferrimagnetic insulator films and adjacent metallic layers. They will grow and characterize high-quality bilayer films to optimize properties for applications by...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research on the development of novel two-dimensional (2D) heterobilayer materials through a bottom-up chemical vapor deposition approach. The $363,799 award to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY) aims to enable the fabrication of 2D heterobilayers with controlled lattice strain and interfaces, and to study their optical...