Commercial quantum computer identifies molecular candidate for better solar cell

Re:Commercial quantum computer identifies molecular candidat... by powera on Thursday August 03, 2023 @04:33PM (#36991413)

As always, any press release about "quantum" is fake.

What is "H-4"? How could this be used in solar panels? Did they use quantum computers for anything other than to spice up the press release?

There are no answers.

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Re:Commercial quantum computer identifies molecular candidat... by nulltxt on Thursday August 03, 2023 @04:42PM (#36991538)

H4 Seems to exist here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_hydrogen.

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Re:Commercial quantum computer identifies molecular candidat... by powera on Thursday August 03, 2023 @04:44PM (#36991572)

Nope. That is discussing "an atom of hydrogen with 1 proton and 3 neutrons". Which kind-of exists, but is too unstable to be meaningful.

The press release says it is a molecule of 4 hydrogen atoms. Neither the press release nor Wikipedia have any further thoughts as to how this is possible.

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Re:Commercial quantum computer identifies molecular candidat... by comicjk on Thursday August 03, 2023 @05:04PM (#36991886)

I have long harbored an ambition of creating a Journal Of Implausible Chemistry, for the publication of research on hydrogen chains and other molecules cruelly disallowed by our impoverished reality.

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