This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) provides $633,000 to the University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) to acquire a cryogen-free magnetometer. This high-sensitivity, high-throughput magnetometer will support research into a broad range of topics, including investigating new properties in magnetic and superconducting thin films and heterostructures, proximity coupling at interfaces, and applications of...
This $279,854 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support research at The Ohio State University to develop new spintronic material platforms for energy-efficient memory and computing applications. The investigators will focus on heterostructures consisting of ultrathin ferrimagnetic insulator films and adjacent metallic layers. They will grow and characterize high-quality bilayer films to optimize properties for applications by...
This $359,500 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of scalable three-terminal memory devices based on silicon-compatible antiferromagnetic materials at Northwestern University from June 2022 through May 2025. The university aims to design, fabricate, and characterize nonvolatile memory devices utilizing conductive antiferromagnetic materials like Mn3Sn, Mn3Ga, and IrMn3 that can be sputter deposited on silicon substrates. The project will demonstrate electrical read...
This $199,916 federal Project Grant, awarded on February 12, 2024 by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), is supporting Seeqc, Inc.'s development of a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) amplifier for the readout electronics of transition edge sensors. Seeqc, a manufacturer of superconducting electronics and quantum devices, will leverage its expertise in cryogenic sensors, quantum computing hardware, and advanced...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), provides $450,000 over 3 years to the University of New Mexico to develop an advanced magnetometry sensor based on frequency comb techniques. The proposed sensor will exploit direct phase detection rather than amplitude measurements, enabling enhanced resolution and sensitivity for gradient magnetic field detection. Key technical objectives include theoretical modeling, verification with a...
This $1.1 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will fund the acquisition of a magnetic-field-free atomic-resolution scanning transmission electron microscope at the University of Illinois at Chicago from September 2022 through August 2025. The microscope's novel lens design provides a magnetic-field-free sample region allowing for atomic-resolution imaging and chemical analysis of quantum materials such as magnetic,...
This $379,998 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research by the Georgia Tech Research Corporation to develop scanning quantum sensing microscopy techniques for studying room-temperature two-dimensional van der Waals magnets. The goal is to directly visualize deterministic magnetization switching and magnetic skyrmions in these materials, which could enable advanced spintronic device applications. The project aims to...
This $995,658 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) aims to accelerate the development and adoption of quantum sensing platforms to drive advances in magnetic materials and devices. The award supports an interdisciplinary team at Case Western Reserve University that will develop a magnetic quantum sensing platform using nitrogen-vacancy defects in diamond to detect magnetic waves (magnons) in novel magnetic...
HYQ Research Solutions, LLC was awarded a $998,104 Cooperative Agreement from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop high dielectric constant materials for accelerating 1.5T magnetic resonance imaging. The two-year award will support the company's efforts to increase MRI signal-to-noise ratio by over 50% and cut scan times in half through incorporating high dielectric constant materials into clinical imaging coils. This novel...
This $250,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports the development of a quantum sensing platform capable of measuring molecular structure and dynamics at the single molecule level. The platform will exploit the entanglement of multi-qubit ensembles to achieve quantum advantage in characterizing materials, catalysis, and drug discovery applications. Key deliverables include: Modular design of a quantum sensor with...