Project Grant FA23862514054

This $292,284 National Science Foundation project grant supports theoretical research and outreach activities related to quantum spin liquids and quantum materials. Specifically, the awardee Arizona State University will investigate single- and bi-layer Kitaev spin-orbital models as new platforms for realizing quantum spin liquids stable against external perturbations. Theoretical work will focus on estimating phase diagrams of bilayer models as a function of interlayer exchange and twisting via...

This $250,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research on developing second-generation "Kitaev magnets" as potential building blocks for quantum computing. The research team at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) will investigate a new family of compounds that may exhibit the necessary quantum spin liquid properties to serve as qubits for quantum computation. The project aims to...

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 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program provides $729,992 to Penn State University to explore emergent magnetic topological states in three-dimensional magnetic topological insulator multilayers. The researchers will employ magnetic topological insulators as primary building blocks to construct heterostructure multilayers and investigate the resulting quantum phenomena. Combining experimental probes with theoretical modeling...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) in the amount of $306,110 supports research and workforce development activities at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) focused on light-controlled magnetism in quantum materials. The project combines experimental work at New Mexico Tech and Georgetown University with theoretical modeling at the University of Chile to investigate light-induced...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $300,000 to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to characterize recovered materials from laser-driven shock experiments on quasicrystal synthesis. The research aims to understand the sequence of events and relative importance of thermodynamic stability versus kinetic constraints in the formation of these unique solid structures, which lack a...

This Project Grant award of $200,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports the construction and study of an ultracold atom simulator to explore the properties of quasicrystalline materials. The award, granted on May 1, 2024 to Yale University and Principal Investigator Dr. Cedric Wilson, will enable detailed mapping of the energy bands in a 10-fold quasicrystalline optical lattice. The research aims to advance fundamental...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $541,779 to the University of Central Florida to conduct research on spin quantum dynamics in molecular magnets. The key products and services funded under this award include: Experimental and educational efforts to study and disseminate knowledge on the quantum magnetic properties of single-molecule magnets, which have potential applications in quantum...

This $413,851 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research by Case Western Reserve University to develop magnetic nanostructures for addressing and coupling nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center spin qubits. The goal is to understand how to engineer magnetic materials and structures to provide strong, local, and controllable magnetic fields for manipulating NV center...

This $978,606 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) will fund collaborative research by West Virginia University Research Corporation to develop pseudospin control as a new materials design tool for discovering novel magnetic states and superconductivity. Key activities include: Developing a comprehensive theory of non-spin-1/2 pseudospin behavior in materials with non-symmorphic symmetry, which can enable new magnetic...