Center for Quantum Nanoscience

-STM is one of the first STMs globally to measure electron spin resonance on single atoms. Within two years of their founding, several published outcomes indicate growing leadership in the exploding field of quantum nanoscience. For example, they reduced digital memory down to a single holmium atom on MgO substrate using a scanning tunneling microscope. At time of their publishing, commercially available magnetic memory devices require approximately one million atoms to record the same amount of data. This storage miniaturization has additional potential to serve as the basis of quantum computing. Researchers also coupled atom's nuclear spin and its electron counterpart, which resulted in measuring the nuclear spin of single atoms of iron and titanium with an improvement of energy resolution by a fact of 10,000. This level of control could lead to a computational base unit of quantum computing. Working in collaboration with IBM Almaden, they were able to perform MRI scans on individual atoms. ==Research directions and goals==

The center has stated their desire to achieve full control of quantum states of atoms and molecules on clean surfaces and near interfaces which would allow usage of high-sensitivity quantum sensors and the usage of single atoms and molecules as quantum bits for computation applications. Another goal is to create a theoretical framework on how the quantum properties of atoms and molecules change from gas to solid-state environments and their interactions with conduction electrons and understand the transition from coherent quantum to more classical systems while in solid-state environment. The research center also hosted the first international conference on quantum nanoscience in Seoul in 2019. ==Awards==

• 2018: American Physical Society, Joseph F. Keithley Award For Advances in Measurement Science for Advances in Measurement Science • 2018: Foresight Institute Feynman Prize: For advances in manipulating atoms and small molecules on surfaces and employing them for data storage and computation • 2018: Outstanding National R&D Performances in 2018 (), Ministry of Science and ICT • 2018: Max-Auwaerter Award, Austrian Physical Society - Fabio Donati == See also ==