Center for Quantum Nanoscience
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|name = IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS)
|native_name = 양자나노과학 연구단
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|established = {{start date and age|2017|01|01|df=y}}
|type = Basic science
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|research_field = Quantum nanoscience, scanning tunneling microscope, quantum technology, nanoscience
|director = Andreas J. Heinrich
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|address = 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Daehyeon-dong, Seodaemun-gu
|city = Seoul
|country = South Korea
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|zipcode = 03760
|campus = Ewha Womans University
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|operating_agency= Institute for Basic Science
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|website = {{URL|http://qns.science}}
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{{Infobox Korean name
| hangul = 양자나노과학 연구단
| hanja = 量子나노科學 硏究團
| rr = Yangjananogwahak Yeongudan
| mr = Yangjananogwahak Yŏn'gudan
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The Center for Quantum Nanoscience was founded in 2017 as part of efforts for South Korea to expand basic science research. Classified as an Extramural Center of the Institute for Basic Science, it is hosted by Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea. Their research focuses on exploring quantum properties of atoms and molecules on surfaces and interfaces and long-term goals of quantum sensing and quantum computation in those areas.
Their dedicated building started construction in 2018 and officially opened in 2019{{cite web |url= https://www.ibs.re.kr/cop/bbs/BBSMSTR_000000000739/selectBoardArticle.do?nttId=15603&pageIndex=1&searchCnd=&searchWrd= |title= Center for Quantum Nanoscience Groundbreaking Ceremony at Ewha Womans University |author= |date= 25 April 2018 |publisher=Institute for Basic Science |access-date= 16 May 2018 |quote=The Center for Quantum Nanoscience at the Institute for Basic Science (Director Andreas Heinrich) will have a revolutionary new research space. The Research Collaboration Building (tentatively named) to be constructed by February 2019 at Ewha Womans University will be the new home of the Center.}}{{cite web |url= http://qns.science/qns-state-of-the-art-research-facility/ |title= QNS State-of-the-Art Research Facility |author= |publisher= Center for Quantum Nanoscience |access-date= 16 May 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190322070500/https://qns.science/qns-state-of-the-art-research-facility/ |archive-date= 22 March 2019 |url-status= dead }} during the IBS Conference on Quantum Nanoscience.{{cite web |url= https://icqns.org/conference-schedule/ |title= Conference Schedule: QNS Dedication Ceremony |author= |website= IBS Conference on Quantum Nanoscience |publisher= Center for Quantum Nanoscience |access-date= 18 September 2019 }} In 2020, the Research Cooperation Building received the Excellence Prize of the 2020 Korean Architecture Award.{{cite web |url= https://qns.science/ewha-womans-universitys-new-research-cooperation-building-wins-national-award/ |title= Ewha Womans University’s New Research Cooperation Building Wins National Award |author= |date= 12 November 2020 |website= Center for Quantum Nanoscience |access-date= 19 November 2020 }}{{cite web |url= https://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/1ZAGFHMD0J |title= [2020 한국건축문화대상-우수상] 이화여대 연구협력관 |author= 진동영 |date= 18 November 2020 |website={{ill|The Seoul Economic Daily|ko|서울경제}} |access-date= 19 November 2020 |language= ko}}{{cite web |url= https://news.joins.com/article/23892304 |title= ‘국내 최고 권위’ 2020 한국건축문화대상 국회소통관·레인에비뉴 대상 |author= |date= 12 October 2020 |website=JoongAng Ilbo Co. |access-date= 19 November 2020 |language= ko}} The center received the highest grade possible in the 5th year performance evaluation.{{cite web |url=https://www.news1.kr/articles/?4760588 |title=이화여대 IBS 양자나노과학연구단, 첫 성과평가서 '최고 등급' |author= 서한샘 |date= 2 August 2022 |website= 뉴스1 |publisher= |access-date= 4 August 2022 |quote= |language= Korean}}{{cite web |url= http://www.dailysmart.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=62671 |title= 이화여대 IBS 양자나노과학연구단, 출범 5년차 성과평가에서 최고 등급 받아 |author= 복현명 |date= 2 August 2022 |website= 스마트경제 |publisher= |access-date= 4 August 2022 |quote= |language= Korean}}
Research results
File:ESR-STM at QNS in Ewha - front view.jpg-STM is one of the first STMs globally to measure electron spin resonance on single atoms.]]
Within two years of their founding, several published outcomes indicate growing leadership in the exploding field of quantum nanoscience. For example, they reduced digital memory down to a single holmium atom on MgO substrate using a scanning tunneling microscope.{{Cite web|url=https://qns.science/reading-and-writing-single-atom-magnets |title= Reading and Writing Single Atom Magnets |author= |website= Center For Quantum Nanoscience|language=en-US|access-date=22 March 2019}} At time of their publishing, commercially available magnetic memory devices require approximately one million atoms to record the same amount of data. This storage miniaturization has additional potential to serve as the basis of quantum computing.{{cite journal |last1= Natterer|first1= Fabian D. |last2= Yang |first2= Kai |last3= Paul |first3= William |last4=Willke |first4= Philip |last5=Choi |first5=Taeyoung |last6=Greber |first6=Thomas |last7=Heinrich |first7= Andreas J. |author-link7= Andreas J. Heinrich |last8= Lutz|first8= Christopher P. |date= 8 March 2017 |title=Reading and Writing Single Atom Magnets |journal= Nature |volume= 543 |issue= 7644|pages=226–228 |doi=10.1038/nature21371 |arxiv=1607.03977|bibcode=2017Natur.543..226N}} Researchers also coupled atom's nuclear spin and its electron counterpart, which resulted in measuring the nuclear spin of single atoms of iron and titanium with an improvement of energy resolution by a fact of 10,000. This level of control could lead to a computational base unit of quantum computing.{{cite journal |last1= Bae |first1= Yujeong |last2= Yang |first2= Kai |last3= Lado |first3= Jose |last4= Ferrón |first4= Alejandro |last5= Choi |first5= Taeyoung |last6= Ardavan |first6= Arzhang |last7= Fernández-Rossier |first7= Joaquín |last8= Heinrich |first8= Andreas |author-link8= Andreas J. Heinrich |last9= Lutz |first9= Christopher |date= 19 October 2018 |title= Hyperfine interaction of individual atoms on a surface |journal= Science |volume= 362 |issue= 6412 |pages= 336–339 |doi= 10.1126/science.aat7047 |pmid= 30337408 |hdl= 10045/86495 |url= http://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/86495/2/2018_Willke_etal_Science_accepted.pdf |doi-access= free }}
Working in collaboration with IBM Almaden, they were able to perform MRI scans on individual atoms.{{cite journal |last1= Willke |first1= Philip |last2= Yang |first2= Kai |last3= Bae |first3= Yujeong |last4= Heinrich |first4= Andreas J. |author-link4= Andreas J. Heinrich |last5= Lutz |first5= Christopher P. |date= 1 July 2019 |title= Magnetic resonance imaging of single atoms on a surface |journal= Nature Physics |volume= 15|issue= 10|pages= 1005–1010|doi= 10.1038/s41567-019-0573-x |arxiv= 1807.08944 }}{{cite web |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/01/science/microscope-atom-magnetic-mri.html |title= Scientists Took an M.R.I. Scan of an Atom |last= Sheikh |first= Knvul |date= 1 July 2019 |website= The New York Times |access-date= 5 July 2019 }}
Research directions and goals
The center has stated their desire to achieve full control of quantum states of atoms and molecules on clean surfaces and near interfaces which would allow usage of high-sensitivity quantum sensors and the usage of single atoms and molecules as quantum bits for computation applications. Another goal is to create a theoretical framework on how the quantum properties of atoms and molecules change from gas to solid-state environments and their interactions with conduction electrons and understand the transition from coherent quantum to more classical systems while in solid-state environment.{{cite web |url= https://www.ibs.re.kr/eng/sub02_03_09.do |title= Center for Quantum Nanoscience |author= |website= Institute for Basic Science |access-date= 11 March 2019 }}
The research center also hosted the first international conference on quantum nanoscience in Seoul in 2019.{{cite magazine |last1= Phark |first1= Soo-Hyon |last2= Heinrich |first2= Andreas |author-link2= Andreas J. Heinrich |title= 양자나노과학연구단 |trans-title= Center for Quantum Nanoscience |page= 11 |url= http://webzine.kps.or.kr/contents/data/webzine/webzine/15372345861.pdf |language= ko |magazine= 물리학과 첨단기술 |publisher= Korean Physical Society |access-date= 11 March 2019 |doi= 10.3938/PhiT.27.028 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite conference |url= https://www.icqns.org/ |title= IBS Conference on Quantum Nanoscience |date= 25–27 September 2019 |conference= IBS Conference on Quantum Nanoscience |conference-url= https://www.icqns.org |location= Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea |access-date= 11 March 2019 |language= en |archive-date= 16 January 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210116084256/https://icqns.org/ |url-status= dead }}
Awards
- 2018: American Physical Society, Joseph F. Keithley Award For Advances in Measurement Science for Advances in Measurement Science{{Cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm|title=2018 Stanley Corrsin Award Recipient|website=www.aps.org|language=en|access-date=2019-03-22}}
- 2018: Foresight Institute Feynman Prize: For advances in manipulating atoms and small molecules on surfaces and employing them for data storage and computation{{Cite web|url=https://foresight.org/about/2018Feynman.html#2018Winners|title=2018 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize|website=foresight.org|access-date=2019-03-22|archive-date=2020-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226052448/https://foresight.org/about/2018Feynman.html#2018Winners|url-status=dead}}
- 2018: Outstanding National R&D Performances in 2018 ({{Korean|hangul=국가연구개발 우수성과 100선|labels=no}}), Ministry of Science and ICT{{cite web |url= https://qns.science/andreas-heinrichs-minister-prize-news/ |title= Andreas Heinrich Awarded Prize from the Minister of Science and ICT for the Smallest Memory Storage Unit in the World |author= |date= 9 January 2019 |publisher= Center for Quantum Nanoscience |access-date= 18 February 2019 }}{{cite web |url= http://www.newscj.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=561949 |title= 이화여대 연구자, 국가연구개발 우수성과 100선 선정 |last= 김 |first= 민아 |date= 11 October 2018 |website= 천지일보 |access-date= 18 February 2019 }}{{cite web |url= https://www.ibs.re.kr/cop/bbs/BBSMSTR_000000000739/selectBoardArticle.do?nttId=16435 |title= Three IBS Centers Listed on "Outstanding National R&D Performances in 2018" |author= |date= 25 October 2018 |website= Institute for Basic Science |access-date= 18 February 2019 }}
- 2018: Max-Auwaerter Award, Austrian Physical Society - Fabio Donati{{cite web |url= https://www.oepg.at/index.php?item=667&lang=en |title= Winners of the OePG Awards 2018 |author= |website= Austrian Physical Society |access-date= 11 March 2019 |archive-date= 27 October 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211027170902/https://www.oepg.at/index.php?item=667&lang=en |url-status= dead }}{{cite conference | url = https://www.tugraz.at/fileadmin/user_upload/tugrazExternal/d7cbc043-a643-4f1f-bd79-91fb32402610/OEPG2018TAGUNGSBAND_final.pdf | title = 68th Annual Meeting of the Austrian Physical Society |author= | date = 10–13 September 2018 | book-title = 68th Annual Meeting of the Austrian Physical Society Program and Abstracts | pages = 145 | location = Institute of Experimental Physics, Graz University of Technology }}
See also
- Kuk Young, former team leader
- Centre for Quantum Technologies
- Michelle Simmons, director of the Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computer Technology
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://qns.science}} (English)
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