What if we could design materials with atomic-level precision?
Today's nonlinear optical materials enable technologies like LiDAR and high-speed communications, but their performance is constrained by limited control over molecular sequence, orientation, and composition.
Our Atomically Precise Molecules (APM) program aims to change that by developing programmable precision polymers that could unlock a new class of tailored materials with dramatically improved performance.
Want to get involved? We're seeking multidisciplinary teams of chemists, materials scientists, computational chemists, and device engineers to help translate this molecular-level control into functional hardware.
⏳ Proposal abstracts are due Oct. 27, 2026, at 1 p.m. ET.
Source: DARPAtv
