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Nature Nanotechnology 4, 145 - 146 (2009)
Published online: 8 February 2009 | doi:10.1038/nnano.2009.21

Subject Categories: Nanomagnetism and spintronics | Quantum information

Molecular magnets: Chemistry brings qubits together

Wolfgang Wernsdorfer1

  1. Wolfgang Wernsdorfer is at the Institut Néel, CNRS and Université J. Fourier, BP 166, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
    e-mail: wolfgang.wernsdorfer@grenoble.cnrs.fr


It is possible to couple the spins of molecular nanomagnets — each acting as a quantum bit — to make an entangled state that could prove useful in a quantum computer.

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