Project Grant W911NF2510232

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Directorate (NSF ENG) totaling $161,597 will support research at Troy University from February 2022 to January 2024 to develop a new all-optical plasmonic switch for data processing. The proposed switch utilizes thermo-opto-electronic control of propagating surface plasmon modes at metal-doped semiconductor interfaces via localized surface plasmon resonances excited at plasmonic structures. The research will employ...

This Project Grant award in the amount of $491,285 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The award supports research at the University of Texas at Austin to conduct spatially, temporally, and spectrally resolved electrical probing of optical excitations in semiconductors. The key objectives are to study the generation, recombination, and dissociation of excitons - bound electron-hole pairs - and...

This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research, totaling $951,218, will fund research at Carnegie Mellon University to develop new techniques for measuring temperature distribution in nanoscale electronic devices under an applied voltage. The university researchers will use scanning thermal microscopy and scanning Joule expansion microscopy to map temperature changes in resistive switching structures and identify the operating mechanisms...

This Project Grant award of $360,000.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, with a period of performance from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2028, aims to develop new materials and devices for high-density magnetic random-access memory (MRAM). The project, led by Rutgers, The State University, will focus on creating wafer-scale epitaxial van der Waals spin heterostructures that can enable more efficient switching in MRAM devices. This research seeks...

This $450,000 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will support the University of Notre Dame in developing high performance optically-controlled radio frequency switches with ferroelectric latching for advanced reconfigurable millimeter-wave to terahertz circuits. The university will investigate and demonstrate a novel switching technology using lightwave control...

This $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports a research project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to study superconductivity in two-dimensional (2D) materials. The key objectives are to investigate 1) kinetic inductance and pairing symmetries in "moiré" superconductors, 2) quasiparticle dynamics in 2D superconductors, 3) quasiparticle blocking using tunable 2D...

Microwave Techniques LLC was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a MULTI-MEGAWATT RF VACUUM WINDOW FOR HIGH DUTY-FACTOR RF ACCELERATING CAVITIES. The grant aims to support the Office of Science's mission to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness by funding research...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research provides $320,000 to support collaborative research on combinatorial solution processing of optical phase change materials at the University of Central Florida and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology through August 2026. The award aims to develop a high-throughput synthesis and characterization approach for discovering and optimizing new multi-component phase change alloy compositions tailored for...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $500,000.00 over a 4-year period to Purdue University to develop a novel hybrid thin film platform with unique optical properties for photonic integrated circuits (PICs). The research aims to advance understanding of electro-optical and magneto-optical coupling effects in complex nanoscale hybrid metamaterials, and demonstrate key building blocks for future large-scale PICs including...

This Project Grant award of $416,387 from the National Science Foundation's (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) program supports a collaborative research project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to investigate emergent phenomena and novel correlated phases of matter in a unique family of crystalline 2D semiconductor materials. The project aims to leverage the high material quality, electric gate tunability, and strongly interacting electrons within highly...