Quantum information articles within Nature Chemistry

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• Perspective | 22 March 2019

  Molecular spins for quantum computation

  Spins in molecules provide a simple platform with which to encode a quantum bit (qubit), the elementary unit of future quantum computers. This Perspective discusses how chemistry can contribute to designing robust spin systems based, in particular, on mononuclear lanthanoid complexes.

  • A. Gaita-Ariño
  • , F. Luis
  •  & E. Coronado

• News & Views | 01 February 2010

  Chemistry from photons

  The use of conventional computers to calculate molecular properties is hindered by the exponential increase in computational cost on increasing the size of the molecules studied. Using quantum computers could be the solution and the initial steps are now being taken.

  • Kenneth R. Brown

• Article | 10 January 2010

  Towards quantum chemistry on a quantum computer

  Precise calculations of molecular properties from first-principles set great problems for large systems because their conventional computational cost increases exponentially with size. Quantum computing offers an alternative, and here the H₂ potential energy curve is calculated using the latest photonic quantum computer technology.

  • B. P. Lanyon
  • , J. D. Whitfield
  •  & A. G. White