Currently, for complex materials, researchers have to use the world’s most powerful supercomputers to mimic the chemical composition and determine the materials’ properties.
Quantum computers promise to be able to perform the simulations much faster and emulate more complex chemistries. But these devices are a way off yet. Quantum simulators suffer from quantum “noise” which can cause errors in calculations.
A new device developed by researchers at MIT has been effective in generating synthetic electromagnetic fields and simulate how electrons move between atoms in the presence of an electromagnetic field.