Olympicene molecular chains create quantum spin systems with spintronics applications

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-olympicene-molecular-chains-quantum-spintronics.html

"iconic olympicene molecular artificial chains realize antiferromagnetic spin-½ Heisenberg model... highly entangled nanographene quantum spin systems... strong quantum fluctuations prevent spontaneous symmetry breaking in 1D quantum magnets, leading to quantum-disordered many-body resonating valence bond states... controls spin degrees of freedom of individual chain spin sites using scanning probe tip, unit-by-unit tuning of chain length... insulator-based AF spintronics, quantum technologies based on NGs"

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