Center for Nanoscale Science receives $13.2 million NSF grant
Thursday, October 02, 2008Penn State's Center for Nanoscale Science has received a six-year, $13.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to continue research and educational activities in its Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC). "The goal of the Center is to design and create new materials with unprecedented properties and functions, starting with nanometer-scale building blocks," said Thomas Mallouk, the DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry and Physics at Penn State and director of the MRSEC. The grant will support a range of projects -- especially those in nanotechnology -- and including organic solar cells, fuel cells and novel electronic materials, such as micro-scalpels and magnetic memories for silicon chips. (more)