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Andreas HEINRICH

DirectorAndreas HEINRICH

  • Andreas HEINRICH DirectorAndreas HEINRICH

Engineering the quantum future by conducting quantum-coherent nanoscience research that is laying the foundation for future quantum technologies through exploring the use of quantum behavior of atoms and molecules on surfaces with highest precision.

Contact Info

Tel. +82-2-3277-4743

Address

IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience, Research Cooperation Building, Ewha Womans University, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Daehyeon-dong, (2-181, Sinchon-dong) Seodaemun-gu 03760 Seoul, Republic of Korea

Director
Director Andreas Heinrich

Director Andreas Heinrich

With more than 20 years of research experience in nanoscience, Heinrich is the world leader in the study of the quantum properties of atoms on surfaces. He is a pioneer in advancing the capabilities of his primary research tool, the Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM), which offers the unique ability to image individual atoms, position them with atomic-scale precision and measure their electronic states. One of Heinrich's ambitious long-term goals is to investigate whether quantum computing with atoms on surfaces is possible.
Professor Heinrich is the director of the Center for Quantum Nanoscience, which was established in January, 2017 at EWHA Womans University in Seoul. Andreas Heinrich received his Ph.D. from University of Goettingen in Germany in 1998 after which he moved to IBM research in San Jose, USA as a postdoc. At IBM he quickly advanced to lead a research team, which has produced outstanding scientific results as well as great success with outreach to the general public.

Introduction

The Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) at Ewha Womans University focuses on the exploration of the intersection of quantum science and Nanoscience. Quantum nanoscience is a rather broad field, encompassing many research areas including quantum materials, molecular magnetism, and the theory of open quantum systems. While all of nanoscience is intrinsically governed by quantum mechanics, the explicit use of the phenomena based on quantum-coherence such as superposition and entanglement has been rather limited to date.

QNS has a cutting-edge effort in quantum-coherent nanoscience and a complementary effort in quantum materials. The research field of quantum-coherent nanoscience is broad and encompasses work in molecular magnetism, point defects in insulators, dopants in semiconductors and much more. In a relatively short time, QNS has established itself as one of the leading players in quantum-coherent nanoscience, studying the quantum-coherent properties of atomic and molecular spins on well-defined surfaces. QNS’s host institution, Ewha Womans University, built a top-notch research building, fully customized to the needs of QNS’s research and has the lowest vibration levels in Korea and among the best in the world.

"Main research activities"
  • - Exploring the quantum coherent manipulation of nanostructures on surfaces
  • - Exploring and developing the use of single atoms and molecules as quantum bits for quantum computation using a ‘bottom-up approach’
  • - Extending the achievement of full control of the quantum states to diverse atoms and molecules on clean surfaces and near interfaces in a variety of systems
  • - Pioneering new techniques and developing equipment in the pursuit of these goals
"Major research outcomes"
  • - World’s most stable single-atom magnets on surfaces consisting of dysprosium or holmium atoms
  • - Electron spin resonance in scanning tunneling microscopy of single atomic and molecular spins on a surface
  • - Electron-nuclear hyperfine interaction of individual atoms on a surface
  • - Pulsed spin resonance of single qubits on a surface
  • - Theory and experiment of double resonance spectroscopy of two coupled spins on a surface
Organization

Organization

Main research results
  • Electron spin resonance of single iron phthalocyanine molecules and role of their non-localized spins in magnetic interactions
    (Nature Chemistry, 2022)
  • Coherent Spin Control of Single Molecules on a Surface
    (ACS Nano, 2021)
  • Mapping Orbital-Resolved Magnetism in Single Lanthanide Atoms
    (ACS Nano, 2021)
  • Engineering atomic-scale magnetic fields by dysprosium single atom magnets
    (Nature Communications, 2021)
  • Hyperfine interaction of individual atoms on a surface
    (Science, 2018)
Personnel
Personnel status
Total48
Gender20(Male), 28(Female)
Korean/ International29(Korean), 19(International)
Degree
Position

As of April. 2022

Research

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