Magnetic Molecules: A Way to Reach Quantum Qubits
Wolfgang Kuch, Sangeeta Thakur
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The goal of the course is to familiarize students with the achievements in the field of magnetic molecules, specifically spin-crossover molecules (SCO) and single-molecule magnets (SMMs), obtained through the use of various spectroscopic techniques. The lecture focuses on the bridge between applied and basic sciences by exploring the research done at FU Berlin on magnetic molecules as well as recent work from literature. This course explains the use of different spectroscopic methods, such as X-ray absorption spectroscopy, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, and Mössbauer spectroscopy, to understand the electronic and magnetic properties of materials, with a special focus on SCO molecules.
Recently, single-molecule magnets (SMMs) have gained attention due to their ability to behave as qubits. In the lecture, we will discuss why SMMs are important, how the field has developed, and where we reach with the development of SMMs to behave as qubits.
Topics of the lecture include: Introduction to Magnetic Molecules: Spin Crossover Molecules, Different Spectroscopic Methods: Measurements and Analysis, Influence of Substrates on the Magnetic Properties of Molecules, Application of Magnetic Molecules and Spin Crossover Molecules: A bridge between basic understanding and applications: a way to quantum qubits using SMMs.
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- Spin-Crossover Molecules on Surfaces: From Isolated Molecules to Ultrathin Films
https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202008141
- Defying the inverse energy gap law: a vacuum-evaporable Fe(ii) low-spin complex with a long-lived LIESST state
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/SC/D3SC00561E
- Thermal- and Light-Induced Spin-Crossover Characteristics of a Functional Iron(II) Complex at Submonolayer Coverage on HOPG
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c02774
- Spin dynamics in single-molecule magnets and molecular qubits https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/dt/d0dt01414a
- Annual Review of Materials Research
Molecular Magnetism
- Nicholas F. Chilton
Department of Chemistry, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom;
https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev-matsci-081420-042553
Books to follow................
- Spin-Crossover Material Properties and Applications
Edited by MALCOLM A. HALCROW School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, UK
Barbara Sieklucka, Dawid Pinkowicz
© 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
(https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/9783527694228)
3. X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy for the Chemical and Materials Sciences
Professor Emeritus, University of Southampton, UK
Visiting Scientist, Diamond Light Source, UK
(https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/9781118676165?download=true
(https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/9781118519301)
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