Zhao leads a group of researchers focused on computational catalyst design. This uses quantum mechanics — science that analyzes the behavior of molecules and atoms and their constituents: electrons, protons, neutrons, quarks, etc. — and machine learning to understand chemical reactions and design more energy-efficient and reactive catalysts.

Open Quantum Design (OQD), a non-profit organization based in Waterloo, has announced the launch of the world’s first open-source, full-stack, trapped-ion quantum computer. This initiative is designed to accelerate global quantum research, break down barriers between academia and industry, and cultivate a collaborative ecosystem. OQD is partnering with industry leaders Xanadu, the University of Waterloo, the Unitary Foundation, and Haiqu to create a platform where hardware, software, and training are freely accessible.

Catalysts do several surprising things to assist with daily life – from bread making to turning raw materials into fuels more efficiently. Now, SLAC researchers have developed a way to speed up the discovery process for a promising new class of these helpful substances called single atom catalysts.

UCF and the University of Washington earned a Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials award from the U.S. National Science Foundation to expand participation and access to quantum materials research, education and training.

D-Wave Quantum Inc. (“D-Wave” or the “Company”), a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, and the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers, today announced that it has successfully completed sales of $175 million in gross proceeds of its common stock pursuant to its previously disclosed $100 million and $75 million "at-the-market" equity offering programs (the “ATM Programs”).

UCF and the University of Washington (UW) were recently awarded $4.2 million for six years from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a quantum materials research and education center as part of the Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) program.

In organic molecules an exciton is a particle bound pair of an electron (negative charge) and its hole (positive charge). They are held together by Coulombic attraction and can move within molecular assemblies. Singlet fission (SF) is a process where an exciton is amplified, and two triplet excitons are generated from a singlet exciton. This is caused by the absorption of a single particle of light, or photon, in molecules called chromophores (molecules that absorb specific wavelengths of light). Controlling the molecular orientation and arrangement of chromophores is crucial for achieving high SF efficiency in materials with strong potential for optical device applications.

A recent collaboration among researchers from HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics in Hungary and the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, along with industry collaborators SandboxAQ and NVIDIA, has achieved unprecedented speed and performance in efforts to model complex metal-containing molecules. The collaboration resulted in 2.5 times the performance improvement over previous NVIDIA graphics processing unit (GPU) calculations and 80 times the acceleration compared to similar calculations using central processing unit (CPU) methods. The recently published research study sets a new benchmark for electronic structure calculations.

Emory chemist Fang Liu received $875,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for her work aimed at optimizing the use of light to spark the transfer of an electron. Known as photoredox catalysis, this powerful chemical process is one of the fastest growing areas of organic synthesis, with applications spanning everything from health care to renewable energy.

A team of researchers led by Professor Christoph Kerzig of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has now discovered a novel approach for the straightforward preparation of highly efficient dyad photocatalysts. Two commercially available salts are mixed and because of attractive electrostatic interactions, i.e., Coulomb interactions, the photoactive units form an ion pair that allows them to interact synergistically.