Postdoctoral Fellowship: MPS-Ascend: Increasing the Rate of Singlet Fission through Strong Coupling

博士后奖学金：MPS-Ascend：通过强耦合提高单线态裂变速率

• 批准号: 2316063
• 负责人: Shreya Patel
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: Patel, Shreya Kiritbhai
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2026-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2316063&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Postdoctoral; Fellowship; MPS; Ascend; Increasing

Shreya K. Patel is awarded an NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (NSF MPS-Ascend) to conduct a program of research and activities related to broaden participation by groups underrepresented in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). This fellowship to Dr. Patel supports the research project entitled “MPS-Ascend: Increasing the Rate of Singlet Fission through Strong Coupling” under the mentorship of a sponsoring scientist. The host institution for the fellowship is Northwestern University, and the sponsoring scientist is Dr. Teri Odom.This proposal plans to study the conversion of an excited singlet state down to two triplets (known as singlet fission) that could dramatically improve the efficiency of solar cells by down-converting high energy photons into a more useful energy range. Pentacene and perylene di-imide will be investigated as singlet fission chromophores. The proposed work will investigate polariton-assisted singlet fission using plasmonic nanoparticles arranged in a new architecture that doesn’t require mirrors and can allow for facile tuning of the photonic mode by changing the dielectric constant of the solvent around the plasmonic nanoparticles. The proposal seeks to advance the polariton-assisted singlet fission process through surface lattice resonances and make it more practical for energy harvesting applications. Successful implementation of this work may allow for the development of more efficient optoelectronic devices.The PI intends to broaden the participation of underrepresented groups in science by mentorship, advocacy, and public outreach activities. The PI plans to mentor students to provide them with the tools and encouragement they need to pursue and stay in the science disciplines. The PI intends to join the Northwestern Chemistry CARES committee to improve diversity within the department, and to participate in efforts on the Northwestern University campus to improve equity, diversity, and inclusion in the community. Finally, the PI plans to join the Science in Society group at Northwestern University to improve awareness and knowledge of science in the greater Chicago area by hosting an after school program with scientific experiments for students, hosting teacher workshops, and visiting schools to present science demonstrations to younger students.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

Shreya K. Patel被授予NSF数学和物理科学，上升博士后研究奖学金（NSF MPS-ASCEND），以开展一项研究和活动计划，与STEM（科学，技术，工程和数学）中代表性不足的群体的扩大参与有关。在赞助科学家的心态下，帕特尔博士的这一奖学金支持题为“ MPS-Ascend：通过强耦合提高单线裂变的速度”的研究项目。奖学金的主持机构是西北大学，赞助科学家是Teri Odom博士。该提案计划研究令人兴奋的单线状态转换为两个三胞胎（称为单裂变）的conversion依，可以通过将高能照片转换为更有用的能量范围，从而极大地提高太阳能电池的效率。五苯和二二酰亚胺将作为单裂变发色团进行研究。拟议的工作将使用在不需要镜子的新结构中排列的等离激元纳米颗粒研究极化的单个裂变，该等离子纳米颗粒不需要镜子，并且可以通过改变等离子纳米颗粒周围的溶液的饮食常数来轻松调整光子模式。拟议的旨在通过表面晶格共振来推进偏振辅助的单裂变过程，并使其在能源收集应用中更实用。这项工作的成功实施可能允许开发更有效的光电设备。 PI旨在扩大代表性不足的群体的参与科学，倡导和公共宣传活动。 PI计划向精神学生提供他们追求和留在科学学科所需的工具和鼓励。 PI打算加入西北化学委员会，最后，PI计划加入西北大学的社会科学小组，通过为学生提供科学实验，为学生提供科学实验，主持教师研讨会，并拜访了师生的宣传，以提高西北大学西北大学的社会科学小组，以提高大芝加哥地区的科学意识和知识。基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响评论标准。