Re:Design of a silicon quantum computer chip
by 6nf on Monday December 18, 2017 @05:17PM
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This is not my area but I understand that material sciences see the same kind of potential for QCs - predicting how new alloys or ceramics will perform by accurately simulating atomic interactions.
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Re:Design of a silicon quantum computer chip
by comicjk on Monday December 18, 2017 @07:41PM
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Yes, that is true! During my PhD program I used the same methods to study metalorganic solar cells.
If anything, fast quantum calculations would make an even bigger difference in materials science than in drug discovery. That's because druglike molecules have been studied a lot, so classical approximations (though limited) at least exist.
Re:Design of a silicon quantum computer chip
by j1vms on Monday December 18, 2017 @07:58PM
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"Nature isn't classical, dammit, and if you want to make a simulation of nature, you'd better make it quantum mechanical, and by golly it's a wonderful problem, because it doesn't look so easy." -- Richard Feynman
"Simulating Physics with Computers", International Journal of Theoretical Physics, volume 21, 1982, p. 467-488, at p. 486 (final words) [0]