{"id":1087,"date":"2023-03-24T11:47:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T11:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cic.vc\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2024-04-16T12:14:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T12:14:13","slug":"riverlane-led-research-shows-how-quantum-computers-may-simulate-materials-to-reduce-humanitys-impact-on-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cic.vc\/riverlane-led-research-shows-how-quantum-computers-may-simulate-materials-to-reduce-humanitys-impact-on-the-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Riverlane-led research shows how quantum computers may simulate materials to reduce humanity\u2019s impact on the environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"text-small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thequantuminsider.com\/userprofile\/matt+swayne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">By Matt Swayne<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-small\">Insider Brief<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"text-small\">Researchers say quantum algorithms could simulate the catalysts used in many industrial chemical processes, promising to reduce the environmental impact.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text-small\">An error-corrected quantum computer could simulate nickel oxide and palladium oxide, which are important materials in a process used to create a range of chemicals and fuels.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text-small\">Critical Quote: \u201cOur algorithm enables the quantum simulation of large solid-state systems with runtimes often associated with much smaller molecular systems. This work paves the way towards future practical simulations of materials on error-corrected quantum computers.\u201d \u2014 Aleksei Ivanov, Riverlane quantum scientist<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"text-small\">The research, undertaken by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.riverlane.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riverlane<\/a>, the world\u2019s first quantum engineering company, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/matthey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnson Matthey<\/a>, a global leader in sustainable technologies, was published in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/prresearch\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevResearch.5.013200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Physical Review Research<\/a>. The paper demonstrates how an error-corrected quantum computer can simulate nickel oxide and palladium oxide, which are important materials in heterogeneous catalysis, a process used to create a broad range of chemicals and fuels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur algorithm enables the quantum simulation of large solid-state systems with runtimes often associated with much smaller molecular systems. This work paves the way towards future practical simulations of materials on error-corrected quantum computers,\u201d Dr Aleksei Ivanov explained, a quantum scientist at Riverlane and the paper\u2019s lead author.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-small\">Many materials are challenging to simulate on ordinary computers due to their complex, quantum nature. This is where quantum computers can help but, until now, most of the research has focussed on the simulation of molecules, not materials. This is because materials have additional structure, such as translational symmetry or periodicity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommonly used classical computational methods often rely on approximations that may not be well justified for certain materials, including strongly correlated metal oxides, leading to unsatisfactory performance,\u201d according to Dr Tom Ellaby, an R&amp;D scientist at Johnson Matthey.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-small\">Dr Rachel Kerber, senior scientist at Johnson Matthey, said: &#8220;Q<\/span><span class=\"text-small\">uantum simulations could provide a means for us to model many of these materials, which are often of great interest to researchers in catalysis and materials science in general.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-small\">The researchers leveraged concepts developed in classical computational condensed matter research to develop the new quantum algorithm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-small\">\u201cIn this work, we asked ourselves a question: How can we modify an existing molecular algorithm to take advantage of the material\u2019s structure? We figured out how to do this and, as a result, our modifications to the existing quantum algorithm reduce the quantum resource requirements. So, future quantum computers require far fewer qubits and a reduced circuit depth, compared to when prior quantum algorithms without any modification,\u201d Dr Christoph Sunderhauf, senior quantum scientist at Riverlane and the paper\u2019s co-author, said. \u201cThe main caveat here is that we will have to wait until someone actually builds a sufficiently large error-corrected quantum computer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-small\">Today\u2019s quantum computers have a few hundred quantum bits (qubits), at most, limiting the usefulness of these machines. But quantum computers must scale up by orders of magnitude to reach error correction and unlock applications across multiple industries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-small\">To reach error-correction sooner, Riverlane is building the operating system for error-corrected quantum computers, which includes a control system (to control and calibrate the millions of qubits required) and fast decoders (to stop errors propagating and rendering calculations useless).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"text-small\">When these error-corrected quantum computers are ready, we also need fault-tolerant quantum algorithms to be ready to run on these machines. Ivanov added: \u201cWe need to strive to unlock useful application cases of quantum computers. If we continue to improve quantum algorithms further, then we wouldn\u2019t need to build a such a huge quantum computer for useful applications.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Matt Swayne Insider Brief Researchers say quantum algorithms could simulate the catalysts used in many industrial chemical processes, promising to reduce the environmental impact. An error-corrected quantum computer could simulate nickel oxide and palladium oxide, which are important materials in a process used to create a range of chemicals and fuels. 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