Project Grant N629092512066

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports research by Prof. Thomas Kempa and his group at Johns Hopkins University to develop new quantum material platforms based on two-dimensional (2D) metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) combined with 2D semiconductor materials. The $307,752 award will fund efforts to chemically design 2D MOF structures and assemble them into van der Waals heterostructures with...

This $1,400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program establishes a Quantum Materials Institute at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T). In collaboration with Montana State University and the NSF-funded Q-AMASE-I MONARK Quantum Foundry, the institute will focus on developing compact, efficient nonlinear optical systems by combining atomically-thin 2D materials and sub-wavelength flat...

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...

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 NSF Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) Project Grant award of $300,000 to Brown University will support a research infrastructure improvement project focused on developing an experimental method to directly probe the configuration of electron spins in 2D materials like multilayer graphene. The key objectives are to: 1) establish a user program located in Rhode Island to provide research and intern opportunities for students, thereby training the state's quantum workforce, and 2)...

This $155,571 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research to explore new quantum states in iridium oxide materials under high-pressure conditions. The research aims to elucidate the relationship between crystal structure, chemical bonding, and strong spin-orbit coupling in these materials, with a focus on Ruddlesden-Popper structural motifs. The project will use experimental...

This Project Grant award of $145,512 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) aims to systematically explore new quantum states in iridium oxides under high pressure. The research focuses on studying Ruddlesden-Popper structural motifs in iridium oxides to understand exotic magnetism, Mott insulators, electronic behaviors, and potential for superconductivity. The project will utilize experimental techniques and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $476,170 Project Grant under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The grant supports the development of a new class of tunable materials consisting of colloidal quantum dots with independently controlled size, shape, and composition. Researchers will investigate the fundamental thermodynamics and kinetics governing the synthesis and growth of these novel linear quantum dot...

This three-year, $566,530 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at Clemson University focused on synthesizing new materials displaying unusual optical and magnetic properties. Researchers will use high-temperature hydrothermal methods to grow high-quality single crystals of low-dimensional transition metal oxyanions for characterization of their magnetic...

The National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research is providing a $504,840 Project Grant to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines to support the discovery and study of new quantum materials based on frustrated vanadium lattices. Over the 3-year project period from April 2024 to March 2027, the research team led by Prof. Toberer will employ computational modeling, bulk materials synthesis, and low-temperature characterization to identify and investigate novel ternary vanadium...