Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SIMOF (Single-Molecule Spintronics: a Coordination Chemistry Approach to Quantum Computing)
Berichtszeitraum: 2017-05-01 bis 2019-04-30
So far, spintronics has been based on conventional materials like inorganic metals and semiconductors. However, a new field namely molecular spintronics is emerging that combines the ideas and concepts developed in spintronics with the unique possibilities offered by the molecular magnetic systems to perform electronic functions, to form self-organized nanostructures and to exhibit quantum effects at the nanoscale for quantum computing. The ultimate goals of molecular spintronics and quantum computing are the fabrication of new and cheaper spintronic devices and faster quantum computers using molecules and/or molecule-based materials in the race toward miniaturization.