Scientists from the University of Lisbon (Portugal) and the University of Stuttgart (Germany) have managed to synthesize and extensively characterize a series of cobalt molecules that exhibit the properties of molecular magnets, an encouraging result for the future of quantum-scale computing.
Image: Molecular magnets CREDIT P. S. Ferreira, A. C. Cerdeira, T. F. C. Cruz, N. A. G. Bandeira, D. Hunger, A. Allgaier, J. van Slageren, M. Almeida, L. C. J. Pereira and P. T. Gomes, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2022, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D2QI00601D