Exciton science sits at the intersection of chemical, optical and spin-based implementations
of information processing, but using excitons to conduct logical operations remains relatively …

Novel medication development is a time-consuming and expensive multistage procedure.
Recent technology developments have lowered timeframes, complexity, and cost …

Despite the plausible necessity of topological protection for realizing scalable quantum
computers, the conceptual underpinnings of topological quantum logic gates had arguably …

In the introductory article of this theme issue, we provide an overview of quantum annealing
and computation with a very brief summary of the individual contributions to this issue made …

Quantum computers promise a qualitative speedup in solving a broad spectrum of practical
optimization problems. The latter can be mapped onto the task of finding low-energy states …

Photonic neural networks (PNNs), utilizing light-based technologies, show immense
potential in artificial intelligence (AI) and computing. Compared to traditional electronic …

In this work we present a complete hybrid classical-quantum algorithm involving a quantum
sampler based on neutral-atom platforms. This approach is inspired by classical column …

When designing sensors for optoelectronic devices, fluorescent materials are always the
choice of material chemists. Among the existing fluorescent molecules, the most widely used …

We demonstrate the use and benefits of quantum annealing approaches for the
determination of equilibrated microstructures in shape memory alloys and other materials …

The escalating impacts of climate change and the increasing demand for sustainable
development and natural resource management necessitate innovative technological …