Project Grant FA95502510006

This one-year Project Grant award of $129,198 from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431) aims to establish a roadmap for efficient two-photon devices using III-nitride semiconductor-based 2D nanosheets as the gain media in high-Q microcavities. The key objectives are to pursue the epitaxy, nanofabrication, modeling, and characterization of the nano-beam architectures. This research effort seeks to expand...

This $137,399 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at North Carolina State University to develop a novel solid phase epitaxy process for highly doped p-type junctions in gallium nitride. The goal is to enable high current and high voltage power devices for more efficient power electronic systems. The research will involve molecular dynamic and process simulation, ion implantation, optimization of solid phase epitaxy annealing, fabrication of diode structures, and...

This $220,000 EAGER grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems supports research into the creation of atom-like defects in semiconductor materials for the development of single-photon emitters at telecommunications wavelengths. The project aims to implant elements such as vanadium and erbium into silicon carbide and aluminum gallium nitride films to form optically active defects that emit at 1.3 and 1.55 micron wavelengths....

This $1.5 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of gallium oxide semiconductor technologies for high-voltage, high-power applications. Led by The Research Foundation for the State University of New York, the consortium aims to advance gallium oxide material synthesis, device fabrication, and circuit integration to enable power switches and converters with over 10 kilovolt ratings. Specific objectives include...

This three-year, $499,912 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research will support research into developing high-efficiency light emitters from earth abundant elements for optoelectronic technologies. Funded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, Virginia Commonwealth University researchers will synthesize low-dimensional silicon-tin and silicon-germanium-tin nanoalloys to produce size and composition tunable nanoparticles with superior...

This Project Grant award of $200,000 was provided by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to Adroit Materials, Inc., a small business specializing in III-nitride semiconductor technology. The funding supports the development of a 1.2 kV class gallium nitride (GaN) vertical U-MOSFET with reach-through protection and shielding by magnesium implantation. This device is intended to advance power electronics...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, with a CFDA number of 47.049, provides $283,100 to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York over a 5-year period from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2030. The project, titled "CAREER: Realizing Ultrahigh Mobility Semiconductors through Light-Matter Interactions," aims to leverage novel light-matter interactions to minimize carrier scattering and enable...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) was provided to the University of California, Los Angeles to develop a novel gallium oxide-based transistor for high-power, low-waste power conversion applications. The key objectives of this $206,457 award, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to January 31, 2026, are to: Investigate the impact of slanted sidewalls and n-type implantation on enhancing the breakdown voltage of the e-mode...

This $420,000 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 the development of a cutting-edge materials system consisting of rare-earth doped functional transition metal oxides for advanced optical and electro-optical applications. The key objectives are to unlock the full potential of optical transitions of rare-earth erbium ions in the perovskite oxide barium titanate...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research provides $225,904 to Brown University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for collaborative research on rare earth materials under extreme conditions from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2026. The award supports experimental and computational research to determine the thermodynamic and structural properties of refractory rare earth ceramic materials at high temperature and pressure....