Project Grant N629092412068

This Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), provides $400,000 in funding to Morgan State University to develop n-type and p-type conductivity in cubic boron nitride (CBN)/diamond materials using in-situ epitaxial and ion implantation doping techniques. The award period runs from August 23, 2024, to August 22, 2027. This research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $525,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to researchers at Rice University. The grant supports the development of chemical methods to control the surface functionalities and physical properties of boron-nitride nanotubes (BNNTs), which have unique properties such as high thermal conductivity, wide band gap, and chemical/thermal stability. The research aims to advance the understanding of BNNT surface...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $550,000 to William Marsh Rice University to develop advanced thermal packaging materials for the semiconductor industry using hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) nanosheets. The project aims to create hBN-enabled molding compound materials with enhanced thermal conductivity, reliability, and a low coefficient of thermal expansion. This is intended to...

This $650,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research by Professor Lai-Sheng Wang and his team at Brown University to investigate the electronic structure and chemical bonding of cryogenically-cooled boron and metal-boride nanoclusters. The research aims to provide fundamental insights into boron chemistry and chemical bonding, with the potential for discovering novel...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $335,000 to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York to conduct collaborative research on developing tough and 3D-printable ceramic nanocomposites. The research aims to overcome the intrinsic fragility of ceramic materials by introducing small quantities of boron nitride nanotubes into polymer-derived ceramics. This work will enable the development of...

This $314,721 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) supports research to develop durable, 3D-printable ceramic nanocomposite materials. The University of Illinois, as the prime awardee, will explore using small quantities of boron nitride nanotubes to enhance the fracture toughness and reliability of polymer-derived ceramic materials, which are compatible with 3D printing but prone to fracture. Through complementary multiscale...

This $550,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) aims to develop and commercialize a borane compound with high thermal stability and a unique chemical structure. The key product is tris(ortho-carboranyl)borane, which can serve as a catalyst or reagent with enhanced reactivity compared to existing boranes on the market. The research will optimize the synthesis process, scale up production to the...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087) provides $746,269 to the University of Tennessee to conduct research and development on boron nitride (h-BN) catalysts for liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs). The key objectives are to: 1) optimize h-BN catalysts for dehydrogenation of saturated carbazole-based LOHCs, achieving over 100x...

This Project Grant award of $299,999 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports research to develop plasmonic cavity nanostructures that will enhance single photon emission from multilayered hexagonal boron nitride. The goal is to create efficient and compact single photon emission platforms capable of operating at room temperature with ultrafast speed and high brightness, which are critical components for emerging quantum communication and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support fundamental research to develop a laser-induced non-equilibrium process for creating color centers in hexagonal boron nitride (2D-HBN) materials. The goal is to enable the controlled formation of single photon emitters in the visible spectrum, which can serve as important building blocks for quantum computing, artificial intelligence, and other advanced applications. The $546,398...