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• Researchers at the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the University of Freiburg and the Institut Charles Sadron at the University of Strasbourg were able to demonstrate for the first time that non-covalent bonds between spin centres are also capable of producing quartet states through spin mixing.
• Supramolecular chemistry is thus a valuable tool for the research, development and scaling of new materials for quantum technologies.
• The results were recently published in the journal Nature Chemistry.
Qubits are the basic building blocks of information processing in quantum technology. An important research question is what material they will actually consist of in technical applications. Molecular spin qubits are considered promising qubit candidates for molecular spintronics, in particular for quantum sensing. The materials studied here can be stimulated by light; this creates a second spin centre and, subsequently, a light-induced quartet state. Until now, research has assumed that the interaction between two spin centres can only be strong enough for successful quartet formation if the centres are covalently linked. Due to the high effort required to synthesise covalently bonded networks of such systems, their use in application-related developments in the field of quantum technology is severely limited.
Researchers at the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the University of Freiburg and the Institut Charles Sadron at the University of Strasbourg have now been able to show for the first time that non-covalent bonds can allow for efficient spin communication. To do this, the scientists used a model system consisting of a perylenediimide chromophore and a nitroxide radical that self-assemble into functional units in solution by means of hydrogen bonds. The key advantage: the formation of an ordered network of spin qubits could now be achieved using supramolecular approaches, which would enable the testing of new molecule combinations and system scalability without major synthetic effort.
“The results illustrate the enormous potential of supramolecular chemistry for the development of novel materials in quantum research,” says Sabine Richert, who conducts research at the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the University of Freiburg, where she heads an Emmy Noether junior research group. “It offers innovative ways to research, scale and optimise these systems. The findings are therefore an important step towards developing new components for molecular spintronics.”
Original publication: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-024-01716-5
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-024-01716-5
https://uni-freiburg.de/en/new-avenues-in-quantum-research-supramolecular-qubit-...
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