Cobalt-based honeycomb lattice structure can host exotic quantum states, providing new platform for error-tolerant quantum computing

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1129943

"cobalt-based compound arranged in 2D honeycomb lattice hosts Kitaev spin liquid exotic quantum states, where electrons break apart into Majorana fermion fractionalized collective excitations rather than behaving as individual particles... common transition metal like cobalt rather than rare/ highly volatile elements... platform for building scalable, fault-tolerant, topological qubits, for solid-state quantum computers"