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Dear Colleague Letter: NRT-PREM Collaborative Supplements
Dear Colleague Letter: NRT-PREM Collaborative Supplements
News · Oct 18, 2022

Dear Colleague Letter: NRT-PREM Collaborative Supplements

NSF invites requests for supplemental funding from existing awardees of NSF's Research Traineeship and PREM programs.
Going the Distance
Going the Distance
News · Sep 16, 2022
California State University - Long Beach

Going the Distance

Shannon Koehle

While walking around campus it’s easy to forget that behind closed doors students and faculty are engaged in potentially life-altering experiments, but that’s exactly what’s occurring in the Hall of Science building at CSULB, thanks in part to the National Science Foundation's Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) grant.
Educational Activities
Educational Activities
Highlight · Aug 15, 2022
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Educational Activities

MRE-C recently helped developed a new materials course and a new website as well as co-taught an introduction to materials science course.
Defect Modeling, Characterization, and Engineering in Ordered Vacancy Compound Chalcopyrites for Photocatalytic and Photovoltaic Applications
Defect Modeling, Characterization, and Engineering in Ordered Vacancy Compound Chalcopyrites for Photocatalytic and Photovoltaic Applications
Ferro-, Magneto-, and Opto-electronic Nanostructures and Devices
Ferro-, Magneto-, and Opto-electronic Nanostructures and Devices
Highlight · Jun 10, 2022
Tennessee State University

Ferro-, Magneto-, and Opto-electronic Nanostructures and Devices

TSUFI PREM consists two Research Thrust Areas, which include the establishment of design rules for polymeric microparticle synthesis with electrospray technique to control particle sizes, size distribution, porosity, surface morphology, and core-shell structures.
TSUFI PREM Visit to Illinois MRSEC in March 2022
TSUFI PREM Visit to Illinois MRSEC in March 2022
Highlight · Jun 10, 2022
Tennessee State University

TSUFI PREM Visit to Illinois MRSEC in March 2022

In March 2022, 7 TSUFI PREM students (undergrad, MS, and PhD students) and co-PI Mu (TSU) visited the Illinois Materials Research Science and Engineering Center.
Materials Development & Spectroscopy of Pr doped CsPbCl3  perovskite for IR Photonics
Materials Development & Spectroscopy of Pr doped CsPbCl3 perovskite for IR Photonics
Highlight · Jun 9, 2022
Hampton University

Materials Development & Spectroscopy of Pr doped CsPbCl3 perovskite for IR Photonics

Research activities during Year 4 of this PREM project were focused on additional purification studies and bulk crystal growth experiments of Pr doped CsPbCl3 (Pr: CPC) perovskites.
Development of Metal-ion Mediated Visible-Light Responsive Metallogels and Supramolecular Host-Guest Hydrogels
Development of Metal-ion Mediated Visible-Light Responsive Metallogels and Supramolecular Host-Guest Hydrogels
Highlight · Jun 9, 2022
Hampton University

Development of Metal-ion Mediated Visible-Light Responsive Metallogels and Supramolecular Host-Guest Hydrogels

Researchers at Hampton University have designed and synthesized arylazopyrazole (AAPs) derived molecular photoswitches.
Teaching, Training, & Early Engagement in Research: NCAT CREEM’s Pathway of Student Recruitment, Retention & Graduation
Teaching, Training, & Early Engagement in Research: NCAT CREEM’s Pathway of Student Recruitment, Retention & Graduation
Collaborative  Research and Education in Energy Materials (CREEM)
Collaborative Research and Education in Energy Materials (CREEM)
Highlight · Jun 1, 2022
North Carolina A & T State University

Collaborative Research and Education in Energy Materials (CREEM)

In this work, the influence of substrate-induced strain on the electrocatalytic properties of nickel oxide (NiO) films toward the hydrogen evolution reaction is studied.