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July 12, 2021
Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation awarded its latest grants through PREM, Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials, to support eight collaborative research teams across the United States that will increase diversity in cutting-edge materials research, education and professions.
Each six-year award provides nearly $4,000,000 for a total NSF investment of more than $30,000,000 and will support materials research partnerships between minority-serving institutions and large-scale, NSF-supported research facilities.
In addition to supporting new discoveries, the PREM pathway provides institutional support to increase recruitment, retention and degree-attainment by underrepresented groups, and provides underserved communities with access to materials research and education. The awards are intended to support and motivate a diverse cohort of students through graduation, the pursuit of higher education, and rewarding careers.
Feng Lin, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, will use a new National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award to develop rechargeable batteries that he hopes could one day impact the energy market.
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Home > Press > New form of silicon could enable next-gen electronic and energy devices: Novel crystalline form of silicon could potentially be used to create next-generation electronic and energy devices
Visualization of the structure of 4H-Si viewed perpendicular to the hexagonal axis. A transmission electron micrograph showing the stacking sequence is displayed in the background.
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Image courtesy of Thomas Shiell and Timothy Strobel
Abstract:
A team led by Carnegie s Thomas Shiell and Timothy Strobel developed a new method for synthesizing a novel crystalline form of silicon with a hexagonal structure that could potentially be used to create next-generation electronic and energy devices with enhanced properties that exceed those of the normal cubic form of silicon used today.