Project Grant FA95502510125

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 $2,500,571 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to establish a Research and Education Center for Quantum Materials and Sensing at Bryn Mawr College, a women's college. The key products and services to be delivered include: Developing high-quality crystals, thin films, nanodisks, and devices that host nanometer-sized skyrmions with the helicity degree of freedom. Advancing the use of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) qubit-based...

This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a collaborative research effort led by Purdue University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Southern California. The project aims to design a new class of quantum materials based on perovskite quantum dots that can enable efficient, wave-like transport of information and energy. Key objectives include understanding how these...

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 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program provides $310,520 to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) to develop a new class of quantum emitters based on in-plane two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) quantum dots embedded within wafer-scale continuous monolayer sheets. The research encompasses studies to tune the size, shape, density, and uniformity of the TMD quantum dots, as well as...

This $475,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support theoretical research and education on the physics of strongly correlated quantum materials at William Marsh Rice University from September 2022 through August 2025. Specifically, the Principal Investigator will apply and develop theoretical methods to study quantum criticality in heavy fermion systems, novel phases that emerge near quantum critical points such as candidate...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $188,815 to Yale University to experimentally explore the physics of quasicrystalline quantum materials. The project aims to build an analog quantum simulation system using ultracold atoms trapped in an optical quasicrystal lattice to mimic the behavior of quasicrystals and investigate the role of geometry and topology in governing their unusual transport...

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 from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences provides $194,902 to Texas A&M University under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to study the quantum symmetries of topological phases of matter. The investigator will classify and distinguish topological phases through their mathematical symmetries, probe their properties, and understand relationships between phases through transitions. Some emphasis will be placed on...

The National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research awarded a $509,725 Project Grant to the University of Maryland, College Park to conduct research on understanding and controlling the properties of magnetic two-dimensional (2D) crystals. The grant, awarded under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, will support fundamental studies to investigate how factors such as adsorbed molecules, adjacent layers, and mechanical strain can impact the magnetic...