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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

Field
  • Nanoscience
Funding Period
  • 2023-2027
Program
  • Kavli Institute Innovation Award
  • Frontiers of Quantum Materials
Institution
  • Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft