Primary Recipient

TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Amount

$380,000.00

Award Date

8/31/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

This award supports theoretical research and education in condensed matter physics. The PI aims to further study a new kind of insulator predicted by theory. It has long been known that insulators do not conduct electric current. In the past 5 years, theo