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Researchers at the University of California, Riverside are studying how quantum wave functions move across atomically thin materials, work that could improve solar energy systems and contribute to future quantum computing technologies.
Scientists at the university’s Center for Quantum Vibronics in Energy and Time demonstrated that electric fields can control whether a quantum wave function exists in one ultrathin layer, another layer, or both simultaneously through quantum superposition.
The research explores how vibrations influence quantum behavior in biological and synthetic systems, with potential applications in energy conversion, quantum photonics, secure communications, sensing, and quantum information processing.
PRESS RELEASE — Scientists at the University of California, Riverside are making breakthroughs in understanding how quantum wave functions move across ultra-thin materials — research that could eventually improve solar energy technologies and help lay the groundwork for new forms of quantum computing.
