Sponsors of the "Polymer Nanostructures Lab"
E. Manias' Research group at Penn State University

Federal Agencies:

National
Science
Foundation
NSF
* DMR/IMR Development of an Atomic Force Microscope and Nano-Indenter with a Magnetically Levitated Tip (completed)
* CTS/NER: Microscopic Modeling of the Surfactant Mediated Reactive Assembly of Nanostructured Materials (completed)
* EDU/NUE: Creating Baccalaureate Level Nanotechnology Minors with Pathways from Existing Associate Degree Programs in Nanofabrication (completed)
* EDU/IGERT: Concortium for Education in Many-Body Applications (CEMBA) (completed)
* ENG/NER: Controlling Transport of Nanosized Objects by Surface-Grafted Polymeric Engines (completed)
* DMR/MWN: Temperature and Chemical Responsive Polymer Surfaces: Towards the Molecular Design of Intelligent Materials
National Institute of Standards & Technology
(Building and Fire Research)
* Synthesis and Flammability Studies of Novel High-Temperature syndio-PS/Silicate Nanocomposites (completed)
* Fundamental Studies of High-Temperature Nanocomposites (completed)
Department of Defense
Office of Naval Research
* Design of Combinatorial Polymeric Substrates for Adsorption, Separation and Functional Assay of Biological Macromolecules
Department of Energy
* Novell high-Temperature Polymer Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications (completed)
ACS/PRF
(Petroleum Research Fund)
* PRF/G: AFM Investigations of Filler-Induced Polymer Crystallization in Polymer/Clay Hybrids (completed)
National Research Council
(The National Academies)
* NRC/SFFP (AFOSR): Fundamentals of E-field alignment of clays in organic matrices (completed)
* NRC/CoBaSE: Dielectric AFM studies of Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) materials for fuel cells (completed)

Industrial Support:

Active: Kraft foods
BAYER Polymers / BAYER Material Science
BAYER Nanotechnology / Fundamental Projects
Completed:Kulicke and Soffa
Polyset Plastics
Coca-Cola
Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (2 SAMCOM projects)
UTC International Fuel Cells
Sumitomo Chemical, Japan
Gifts:RESTEK Corp
Southern Clay Products
Nanocor

Penn State Funding:

EMS College/ Wilson Research Initiation Award
EMS College/ Gladys Snyder Teaching Award
EMS College/ "Virginia S. and Phillip Jr. Walker" Endowement
DoD/Applied Research Lab
NSF/IGERT Concortium for Many-Body Problems
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
PSU Materials Research Institute
NSF/PSU-MRSEC seed grand