Issue 35, 2021

Designed polynuclear lanthanide complexes for quantum information processing

Abstract

The design of dissymmetric organic ligands featuring combinations of 1,3-diketone and 2,6-diacetylpyridine coordination pockets has been exploited to produce dinuclear and trinuclear lanthanide-based coordination compounds. These molecules exhibit two or more non-equivalent Ln ions, most remarkably enabling the access to well-defined heterolanthanide compositions. The site-selective disposition of each metal ion within the molecular entities allows the study of each centre individually as a spin-based quantum bit, affording unparalleled versatility for quantum gate design. The inherent weak interaction between the Ln ions permits the performance of multi-qubit quantum logical operations realized through their derived magnetic states, or implementing quantum-error correction protocols. The different studies performed to date on these systems are revised, showing their vast potential within spin-based quantum information processing.

Graphical abstract: Designed polynuclear lanthanide complexes for quantum information processing

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
07 Jun 2021
Accepted
21 Jul 2021
First published
21 Jul 2021

Dalton Trans., 2021,50, 12045-12057

Designed polynuclear lanthanide complexes for quantum information processing

D. Aguilà, O. Roubeau and G. Aromí, Dalton Trans., 2021, 50, 12045 DOI: 10.1039/D1DT01862K

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