LARAMIE, Wyo., Oct. 23 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release:

Jing Zhou, a professor of physical chemistry at the University of Wyoming, has received $299,078 from the National Science Foundation to conduct collaborative research into the science behind the growth of novel nanomaterials, which could lead to better properties and performance.

In addition to the UW funding, the grant, titled "Collaborative Research: Elucidation of the Effect of Dopant in CeO2(111) on the Nucleation and Growth of Metal Clusters through STM and Theory," provides a similar amount -- totaling close to $600,000 -- for Zhou's collaborator, Ye Xu, of Louisiana State University (LSU). Xu is the Leon M. Pliner Distinguished Professor in LSU'...