Engineering Plants and Algae as Dye-free Alternatives to Fossil-based Sources
Runya Zha, Loretta Roberson
Develop sustainable pigments for textile applications by engineering plant or algae materials at the nanoscale, as an outcome of "Scialog: Sustainable Minerals, Metals, and Materials"
Field
Nanoscience
Funding Period
2024-2025
Program
Nanoscience for Sustainability
Scialog
Institution
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Marine Biological Laboratory
Collaborators
Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement
Quantum Geometry in 3D Materials
Emilia Morosan, Harold Hwang
Experimentally realize innovative 3D materials with quantum geometric properties using novel synthesis and machine learning methods
Field
Nanoscience
Funding Period
2024-2027
Program
Frontiers of Quantum Materials
Institution
Rice University
Stanford University
Collaborators
The Klaus Tschira Foundation
Kevin Wells
Kavli Scholar
Vladyslav Kim
Sponsored by Dr. Vladyslav Vyazovskiy in the Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics Department at Oxford University, Kim studies the neuroscience of sleep
Field
Nanoscience
Neuroscience
Funding Period
2024-2026
Institution
Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery (University of Oxford)
Sustainable Carbon Nanotube Synthesis Accelerator
Matteo Pasquali
Advance understanding of reaction zone dynamics in carbon nanotube (CNT) synthesis to enable and accelerate scaleable use of sustainable CNTs
Field
Nanoscience
Funding Period
2023-2025
Program
Kavli Exploration Award
Nanoscience for Sustainability
Institution
Rice University
Collaborators
The Carbon Hub
Quantum Materials for Broad-Band Quantum Transduction (QM4QT)
Mazhar Ali
Exploration of multifaceted study of materials, including spin-magnetic Kagome materials and biological systems, toward demonstrating broadband quantum transduction