Current Awards

Abstracts for currently funded awards may be found at the PAMS system Awards Search page.

The EPSCoR abstracts are grouped as a subheading under the Materials Sciences and Engineering Division.

EPSCoR

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Microscopy image with a zoom-in to show the layers of different substances, as well as a graph showing resistivity changes substantially depending on temperature.

Harnessing Entangled Spin Fluctuations for Advanced Spin Electronics

The spin fluctuations of an insulating quantum magnet determine how electricity flows in a nearby metal film.

Illustration showing a crystal structure, with balls connected by lines and a blue ball increasing in size moving above the structure

Thin Materials and Fat Electrons: A Recipe for New Quantum Phenomena

The 2D material cerium silicon iodide contains the same heavy electrons responsible for heavy fermion physics, something so far seen only in 3D materials.