Molecular Magnetism and Quantum Information

Quantum Information Science and instrumentation for next-generation computing, information, and other fields is evolving quickly into an interdisciplinary field that intersects strongly with the missions, interests and portfolios of basic energy sciences.The fundamental research in chemical physics, quantum chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and magnetism is strongly synergistic with applications such as sensing, navigation, communications, simulation and computing. Researchers in these fields must play a role in enabling and understanding manipulation of uniquely quantum phenomena that arise from the entanglement of electrons, spins, and low-energy excitations in actual molecular systems. This talk will summarize emerging possibilities for chemical sciences based upon DOE Basic-Energy-Sciences rountable reports. It will focus on activities targeting the fundamental design, manipulation, or addressing of molecular-scale quantum-chemical qubits, the use of early quantum processors for chemical simulation, and synergistic prospects for the near-term quantum- systems and algorithms research supported by BES. To address the aims of this focused session, specific contact to the chemistry, magnetism, and optical response of molecular magnets and organic poly-radicals will be featured.