Project Grant N629092512070

This Project Grant award from the Division of Chemistry at the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) provides $450,395 to the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) to develop novel pro-aromatic heavy-atom-free organic chromophores for triplet photochemistry applications. The Principal Investigator, Dr. Jean-Luc Ayitou, will lead this research to exploit the intrinsic molecular properties of diketopyrrolopyrroles (DPP) and dipyrrolonaphthyridine-diones...

This $450,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics supports an effort to develop a comprehensive database of plasma photoionization processes with practical applications in fields such as combustion and high-speed aerodynamics. The "ECLIPSE: EXPLORING PHYSICS OF MULTIPHOTON IONIZATION USING THOMSON COHERENT MICROWAVE SCATTERING" project will utilize a novel Thomson in-phase coherent microwave scattering (TMS) technique to precisely...

The National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) has awarded a $100,000 Project Grant titled "EAGER: STUDY OF 3D NUCLEON STRUCTURE THROUGH DEEP EXCLUSIVE PROCESSES AT THE EIC" to George Washington University. The research, which will be conducted in partnership with institutions in the U.S., Poland, and Ukraine, aims to develop techniques to analyze electron-proton collisions at the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) in order to gain insights...

This National Science Foundation award provides $146,276 to Professor Anoklase Ayitou of Illinois Institute of Technology under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) from February 15, 2022 to May 31, 2023. The funding supports research to develop novel polycyclic anti-aromatic chromophores and their dyad derivatives for photon upconversion applications. Professor Ayitou and their team will utilize synthetic organic chemistry, computational modeling, advanced spectroscopy...

This $182,378 Project Grant awarded on February 18, 2025 by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) supports the development of 30 NM thick silicon photodiodes with 100% internal quantum efficiency for VUV spectroscopy of tokamak plasmas. The award recipient, IBP USA Group, Inc., will deliver these high-efficiency photodiodes by the ultimate completion date of November 17, 2025. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program funds...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program project grant award provides $300,000 to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) to conduct research on integrated photonic platforms leveraging solution-processed wide-bandgap cesium lead halide perovskites. The 2-year project, starting January 1, 2025, aims to advance the understanding of perovskite crystal growth and patterning synthesis, as well as develop cost-effective integrated photonic devices that can enable...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry will support a research program at the University of Rhode Island (URI) that explores the use of photoinduced molecular heating to drive thermal chemistry under ambient conditions. The $438,432 award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027, will fund experiments to investigate the conversion of photon energy into localized heat, which can then drive challenging thermal reactions and...

This $199,125 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) is funding a collaborative research effort between the University of Cincinnati and the University of Kansas to develop advanced photocatalysts that can be activated by near-infrared (NIR) light. The research team, led by Professor Yujie Sun and Professor Christopher Elles, is designing and synthesizing novel molecular chromophores with enhanced two-photon...

This $164,403 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program supports research to investigate photonic topological insulators involving sharp interfaces and edges. The project aims to characterize the behavior of edge states in these materials, which can enable the development of compact and efficient on-chip devices for communication, data processing, and other photonic applications. Key objectives include identifying...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Chemistry, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports research by Diana Qiu of Yale University to develop theoretical and computational tools to understand how electrons in materials interact with circularly polarized light. The $424,443 award, running from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, will focus on hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite materials that can couple...