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SUMMARY:Room Temperature Single-Molecule Magnets for Quantum Computing: Se
 rendipity or Design? - David Izuogu\, Wolfson College
DTSTART:20190201T174500Z
DTEND:20190201T191000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Antonio M. M. Rodrigues
DESCRIPTION:Binary digital computers based on transistors have helped to k
 eep up with Gordon Moore’s prediction of the doubling of transistor memo
 ry every year to meet up with future computational needs. This prediction 
 can no longer keep up as the role of semiconductors in designing more effi
 cient transistor-based integrated circuits reaches its limit with increasi
 ng computational demands. Quantum computers (QC) which require data to be 
 encoded into qubits (Ψ=α|├ 0⟩+β|├ 1⟩)\, as opposed to bits (0 o
 r 1)\, holds a revolutionary promise to increase storage density\, process
 ing speed and computational efficiency. \n\nQC will be able to solve certa
 in problems much quicker than any binary digital computer with the best cu
 rrently known algorithm by utilising superposition of states and inseparab
 le quantum entanglement.\n\nThe holy grail of QC remains ultra-low tempera
 ture. \n\nWe will\, therefore\, be looking at the future of quantum comput
 ers and what is required to make them commercially available for humankind
 . Can we design materials that could produce qubits or hope on serendipity
 ?
LOCATION:Wolfson College\, Gatsby Room
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