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Quantum Technology: Will It Be the Next Game Changer?
Quantum Technology: Will It Be the Next Game Changer? will be hosted by KAIST’s Global Strategy Institute (GSI) as the 6th Forum. This will prospect the challenges and emerging opportunities for quantum technology, and discuss how it will impact economicgrowth and social changes with global professionals, scholars, and entrepreneurs. QNS …
Andreas Heinrich awarded Heinrich Rohrer Medal (Grand Medal)
QNS director, Andreas Heinrich has been awarded the Heinrich Rohrer Medal (Grand Medal). The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science selected Heinrich “for his ground-breaking development of scanning tunneling microscope methods to study the spin properties of magnetic atoms on surfaces for revealing the quantum nature of the magnetism …
Using breakthrough method, researchers answer key question about electron states
A multinational research project led by the Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) in Seoul, introduced a method to measure the multi-electron states of isolated magnetic atoms. They answered the question: which orbitals do the electrons occupy? Scientists are working hard to engineer the properties of nanostructures, such as atoms and …
Researchers discovered a new phase of matter with β-Bi₂Pd superconductor
The collaboration QNS – San Sebastián (DIPC and CFM) is bearing its fruits. This article summarizes a first research stay by Dr. Deung-Jang Choi from San Sebastián at QNS. She was hosted at QNS and had access to great collaborations and great equipment. Indeed, the work was performed at a …
Researchers Identify Ultrastable Single Atom Magnet
Researchers at the IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience at Ewha Womans University (QNS) have shown that dysprosium atoms resting on a thin insulating layer of magnesium oxide have magnetic stability over days. In a study published in Nature Communications they have proven that these tiny magnets have extreme robustness against …
Tackling quantum many-body states using an atomically precise, bottom-up approach
Using the breakthrough ESR-STM technique, researchers from the IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience in a US-based collaboration constructed quantum-mechanically coupled artificial spin chains to reveal their quantum many-body states, including the resonating valence bond state. Measuring quantum spin states of artificial atomic spin clusters using STM-ESR (left). Quantum states of …
Atomic-scale intermolecular interaction of hydrogen with a single molecule at surface
Molecular dynamics of and intermolecular interactions of hydrogen molecules trapped in a micro-cavity between the tip and a VOPc molecule on the surface studied using scanning tunneling spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy. Hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe, has been studied as a sustainable energy source for some …
Ewha Womans University’s New Research Cooperation Building Wins National Award
IBS QNS Building at EWHA University Campus The Research Cooperation Building at Ewha Womans University won the Excellence Prize of the 2020 Korean Architecture Award(KAA) on November 19th of this year. The building is the home of the groundbreaking IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience at Ewha Womans University (QNS) and …
Researchers reveal the mechanism to increase the stability of atomic storage
Combining X-ray techniques and theory, physicists at the Center for Quantum Nanoscience, ETH Zurich, and EPF Lausanne have determined how to protect the information stored in single atom bits against thermal fluctuations. The amount of information that is presently stored in data centers worldwide has now exceeded the astronomical number …
World’s Smallest MRI Performed on Single Atoms
Magnetic Resonance Imaging enables to scan the magnetic field of single atoms with unprecedented resolution. Researchers at the IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) at Ewha Womans University have made a major scientific breakthrough by performing the world’s smallest magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In an international collaboration with colleagues from …
