Single-molecule technology stands as a powerful tool, enabling the characterization of
intricate structural and dynamic information that would otherwise remain concealed within …

Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are nanoscale semiconductor crystals with surface ligands
that enable their dispersion in solvents. Quantum confinement effects facilitate wave function …

Computational models are an essential tool for the design, characterization, and discovery
of novel materials. Computationally hard tasks in materials science stretch the limits of …

The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond is a solid-state defect qubit with favorable
coherence time up to room temperature, which could be harnessed in several quantum …

The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) colour centre in diamond is an important physical system for
emergent quantum technologies, including quantum metrology, information processing and …

Crystal defects in diamond have emerged as unique objects for a variety of applications,
both because they are very stable and because they have interesting optical properties …

Spin defects in silicon carbide have the advantage of exceptional electron spin coherence
combined with a near-infrared spin-photon interface, all in a material amenable to modern …

Quantum sensing using optically addressable atomic-scale defects, such as the nitrogen-
vacancy (NV) center in diamond, provides new opportunities for sensitive and highly …

Quantum computers hold promise to enable efficient simulations of the properties of
molecules and materials; however, at present they only permit ab initio calculations of a few …

We control the electronic structure of the silicon-vacancy (SiV) color-center in diamond by
changing its static strain environment with a nano-electro-mechanical system. This allows …