Utilizing Spin for Renewable Energy Technologies
Utilizing Spin for Renewable Energy Technologies
Current challenges in advanced materials for renewable energy, quantum information processing and sensing, and low energy-demand applications requires a deep understanding of the relationships between charge, spin, and excited states in functional materials.
In the Frank group, we use our knowledge of photochemistry, charge-transfer phenomena, and magnetism to develop new materials for renewable energy applications (solar cells, batteries), quantum information science (quantum computing and sensing), and quantum biology (MRI agents and biosensors).
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- Advancing Chemistry and Quantum Information ScienceOur report “Identifying Opportunities at the Interface of Chemistry and Quantum Information Science” is out on the NASEM site. Quantum Information Science (QIS) is an emerging field that focuses on understanding and manipulating the physical phenomena that are associated with information acquisition, transmission, and processing. Deeper understanding of QIS could lead to development of novel… Read more: Advancing Chemistry and Quantum Information Science
- Molecular Magnetism in North America Workshop (MAGNA-2023)Controlling spin dynamics in paramagnetic systems for applications in quantum information science, materials science and biology The workshop brings together researchers in chemistry, physics and biology towards gaining an understanding of controlling the structure and environment of spin-systems. Research focused on spin systems for quantum information science, electronic materials, catalytic processes, and excited-state processes in… Read more: Molecular Magnetism in North America Workshop (MAGNA-2023)
- Welcome Chinedu Osunkwo and Victor Achulonu to the group!They will be working on the inorganic aspects of the QIS project.
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