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EPSCoR Research Fellows: NSF: Unraveling How Multivalent Metal Cations Drive the Hydrophil — NSF Award to University of Maine (ME,

This Research Infrastructure Improvement EPSCoR Research Fellows project provides a fellowship to an Associate professor and training for a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Maine. This work is conducted in collaboration with Dr. Yuan Yue at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at Oak Ridge National Labor

Award titleEPSCoR Research Fellows: NSF: Unraveling How Multivalent Metal Cations Drive the Hydrophil
Award ID2531598
AwardeeUniversity of Maine
CityORONO
StateME
Amount obligated$300,000
Principal investigatorXuefeng Zhang
ProgramEPSCoR RII: EPSCoR Research Fe
Start date02/01/2026
AbstractThis Research Infrastructure Improvement EPSCoR Research Fellows project provides a fellowship to an Associate professor and training for a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Maine. This work is conducted in collaboration with Dr. Yuan Yue at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Through the fellowship, the PI will investigate how multivalent metal ion treatment induces hydrophobization and improves dimensional stability in cellulose and wood
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