Project Grant N000142512207

This $165,123 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support the development of new computational methods and software tools for predicting polymorphic crystal structures of organic molecules and elucidating phase transition mechanisms. Mark Tuckerman of New York University and Jerome Delhommelle of the University of North Dakota will create a topological theory for crystal structure generation based solely on molecular order...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, funded through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports research by Rowan University to investigate the behavior of foreign species during crystal growth processes. The $232,441 project, awarded on February 1, 2024, aims to study how impurities or dopants interact with and incorporate into organic molecular crystals. Key research activities include using transport theory and laser interferometry to understand...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $124,802 Project Grant to the University of Oklahoma (OU) to study the growth of lead halide perovskite nanocrystals at the single-particle level. This research aims to advance the development of low-cost single photon emitters (SPEs) necessary for building future quantum photonic networks that enable secure quantum communications. Under this 2-year grant, starting September 1, 2023, Professor Yitong Dong and his...

This $524,480 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at New York University (NYU) on developing novel semiconductor crystal materials and manufacturing processes for advanced optoelectronic applications. The key focus is on understanding how to fabricate "twisted" organic semiconductor crystals that can spontaneously form into aligned networks, enabling them to outperform single crystal materials in properties...

This $556,697 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports Professor Michael Shirts at the University of Colorado Boulder in developing improved methods for predicting the properties of molecular crystals, which is critical for pharmaceutical and materials development. The primary objectives are to: Use generative machine learning models to enhance physics-based approaches for estimating the thermodynamics...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $595,476 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to The Johns Hopkins University. The grant will support a 3-year research project to study and develop a new class of immobilization substrates, namely mesoporous protein crystals, for critical element separation. The project aims to obtain a comprehensive understanding of protein crystals as substrates for immobilizing metal-binding proteins (MBPs) to...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Physics, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $645,309 to Northwestern University to develop techniques for precision measurements on atoms and molecules trapped within inert cryogenic crystals from July 15, 2022 to June 30, 2025. The researchers will produce the first doped cryocrystals suitable for searches beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. They will grow large inert...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $463,746 to the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus (UPR-MSC) to study an innovative continuous crystallizer concept. The objective is to develop robust, scalable, and miniaturized equipment for pharmaceutical manufacturing that can improve resilience to supply chain disruptions and better meet fluctuating market needs. The research seeks to advance continuous...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $129,552 to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville aims to fabricate ordered nanoparticle-polymer superstructures by co-crystallizing linear crystalline polymers and inorganic nanoparticles. The project will systematically investigate how to control the formation of these novel co-assembled structures, which could have applications in bioimaging and drug delivery. Key goals include understanding...

This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $485,000 to Penn State University to develop new nonlinear optical single crystal materials and an open-source modeling package for classical and quantum light generation applications. Specifically, the University will synthesize and characterize promising new nonlinear optical single crystals identified through theoretical modeling and literature reviews. An...