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Status: unreviewed revisit date: None Application status: none LOR status: not_needed
Department(s)/lab(s): Chemistry | Anderson Lab @ UChicago
Summary:

Anderson's group designs molecular electron-spin qubit candidates -- including an air- and water-stable tetrathiafulvalene-bridged radical with spin centered on a nuclear-spin-free ligand -- that retain hundreds of nanoseconds of coherence in solution at room temperature, aiming toward solution-phase quantum sensing in biological environments. This complements solid-state NV-ensemble sensors, which use DEER, NMR, and T1-relaxometry protocols to reach pT/sqrt(Hz)-class magnetic sensitivity, by pursuing a chemically tunable molecular alternative that could operate directly in biological media.

Created at: July 9, 2026, 6:55 p.m. Updated at: July 9, 2026, 6:55 p.m. Metadata: Jul 2026; molecular qubit chemistry for room-temperature quantum sensing