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Boltzmann sampling is a central component of many computational frameworks, including numerous algorithms in machine learning. Although quantum annealers have been investigated as potential fast Boltzmann samplers, their dependence on…

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We develop the theory of quantum friction in two-dimensional topological materials. The quantum drag force on a metallic nanoparticle moving above such systems is sensitive to the non-trivial topology of their electronic phases, shows a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-02 M. Belén Farias , Wilton J. M. Kort-Kamp , Diego A. R. Dalvit

Simulations of quantum chemistry and quantum materials are believed to be among the most important potential applications of quantum information processors, but realizing practical quantum advantage for such problems is challenging. Here,…

A thorough understanding of the electronic structure is a necessary first step for the design of nanoelectronics, chemical/bio-sensors, electrocatalysts, and nanoplasmonics using graphene. As such, theoretical spectroscopic techniques to…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-03-04 Duncan J. Mowbray

Understanding the thermodynamic properties of quantum systems is essential for developing energy-efficient quantum technologies. In this regard, this work explores the application of quantum computational methods to study the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-20 Lucas Galvão , Ana Clara das Neves , Maron Anka , Clebson Cruz

This paper presents a novel Riemannian conjugate gradient method for the Kohn-Sham energy minimization problem in density functional theory (DFT), with a focus on non-metallic crystal systems. We introduce an energy-adaptive metric that…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-21 Daniel Peterseim , Jonas Püschel , Tatjana Stykel

Graphene has been widely studied for various applications due to its outstanding electrical and mechanical properties. However, its potential in thermoelectric applications has been limited by a low Seebeck coefficient and high thermal…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-04-04 Laura Caputo , Viet-Hung Nguyen , Jean-Christophe Charlier

The electronic structure of the zero-gap two-dimensional graphene has a charge neutrality point exactly at the Fermi level that limits the practical application of this material. There are several ways to modify the Fermi-level-region of…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-09-13 Elena Voloshina , Denis Usvyat , Martin Schuetz , Yuriy Dedkov , Beate Paulus

Graphene is of great scientific interest due to a variety of unique properties such as ballistic transport, spin selectivity, the quantum hall effect, and other quantum properties. Nanopatterning and atomic scale modifications of graphene…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-13 Ondrej Dyck , Sinchul Yeom , Sarah Dillender , Andrew R. Lupini , Mina Yoon , Stephen Jesse

In this article, we propose a Frozen Gaussian Sampling (FGS) algorithm for simulating nonadiabatic quantum dynamics at metal surfaces with a continuous spectrum. This method consists of a Monte-Carlo algorithm for sampling the initial wave…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-11-30 Zhen Huang , Limin Xu , Zhennan Zhou

We propose a model based on density functional theory (DFT) and quantum electrodynamics (QED) to study the dynamical characteristics of graphene quantum dots (GQDs). We assume the GQD edges are saturated with hydrogen atoms, effectively…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-09 J. Olivo , J. Blengino Albrieu , Mauro Cuevas

The shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources is essential for reducing global carbon emissions and addressing climate change. Developing advanced materials for efficient hydrogen storage enables sustainable energy solutions in…

We investigate the local electron temperature distribution in carbon nano-ribbon (CNR) and graphene junctions subject to an applied thermal gradient. Using a realistic model of a scanning thermal microscope, we predict quantum temperature…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-06-21 Justin P. Bergfield , Mark A. Ratner , Charles A. Stafford , Massimiliano Di Ventra

In this paper, we investigate the use of variational quantum algorithms for simulating the thermodynamic properties of dinuclear metal complexes. Our study highlights the potential of quantum computing to transform advanced simulations and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-28 Ana Clara das Neves Silva , Clebson Cruz

Neutral atom arrays have emerged as a versatile platform towards scalable quantum computation and optimization. In this paper we present demonstrations of solving maximum weighted independent set problems on a Rydberg atom array using…

Energy-based generative models, such as restricted Boltzmann machines (RBMs), require unbiased Boltzmann samples for effective training. Classical Markov chain Monte Carlo methods, however, converge slowly and yield correlated samples,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-16 Gilhan Kim , Ju-Yeon Gyhm , Daniel K. Park

Quantum Annealing (QA) was originally intended for accelerating the solution of combinatorial optimization tasks that have natural encodings as Ising models. However, recent experiments on QA hardware platforms have demonstrated that, in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-17 Jon Nelson , Marc Vuffray , Andrey Y. Lokhov , Tameem Albash , Carleton Coffrin

The quantum entanglement phenomenon was demonstrated to operate on a bipartite entangled system composed of two single layers of graphene embedded in an electrolytic medium (which did not permit the transport of electrons) and subjected to…

General Physics · Physics 2024-10-17 David A. Miranda , Edgar F. Pinzón , Paulo R. Bueno

Realistic simulation of quantum materials is a central goal of quantum computation. Although quantum processors have advanced rapidly in scale and fidelity, it has remained unclear whether pre-fault-tolerant devices can perform…

Graphene is a powerful playground for studying a plethora of quantum phenomena. One of the remarkable properties of graphene arises when it is strained in particular geometries and the electrons behave as if they were under the influence of…