Team at UNIPR, sQS group
- Stefano Carretta: Principal Investigator.
- Paolo Santini: Full Professor. Microscopic Models for CISS in Electron Transfer.
- Roberto De Renzi: Full Professor. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and muon spin resonance experiments on chiral molecules to unveil CISS.
- Giuseppe Allodi: Associate Professor. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and muon spin resonance experiments on chiral molecules to unveil CISS.
- Alessandro Chiesa: Research Associate. Theoretical models for CISS in Electron Transfer. Design of applications exploiting CISS for quantum technologies. Design and interpretation of time-resolved Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and Nuclear Mganetic Resonance experiments to unravel CISS.
- Elena Garlatti: Research Associate. Models for CISS in Electron Transfer starting from ab-initio calculations. Design and interpretation of experiments showing CISS in electron-transfer.
- Pietro Bonfà: Research Associate. First-principles calculations based on density-functional theory on chiral molecules to derive parameters for a microscopic model of CISS in electron transfer.
- Leonardo Celada: PhD student. Models for CISS in transport and electron-trasfer setups.
- Arianna Cantarella: PhD student. First-principles calculations on chiral molecules displying CISS effect.
Research lines
- Electron-transfer and chirality
- Intramolecular CISS
- CISS & qubit control
- CISS and quantum enabled technologies
Research tools at UNIPR, sQS group
- Theory: development of a microscopic model to understand the origin of CISS in electron transfer processes.
- Interpretation of experiments unravelling CISS, in particular time-resolved electron paramagnetic resonance (trEPR).
- Design, development and interpretation of novel experiments to unveil CISS in electron transfer, exploiting in particular nuclear spins as a probe.
- Design of applications for quantum technologies and of proof-of-principle experiments.
Publications
- A. Chiesa, P. Santini, E. Garlatti, F. Luis, and S. Carretta, Molecular Nanomagnets: a viable path toward quantum information processing? Rep. Progr. Phys. 87, 034501 (2024).
- H. J. Eckvahl,* N. A. Tcyrulnikov,* A. Chiesa,* J. M. Bradley, R. M. Young, S. Carretta, M. D. Krzyaniak, M. R. Wasielewski, Direct Observation of Chirality-Induced Spin Selectivity in Electron Donor-Acceptor Molecules, Science 382, 197-201 (2023).
- E. Macaluso, A. Chiesa, P. Santini, R. Bittl, S. Carretta, Chiral-Induced Spin Selectivity in Photo-Induced Electron Transfer: investigating charge and spin dynamics in a master equation framework, J. Chem. Phys. 159, 084301 (2023).
- A. Chiesa, A. Privitera, E. Macaluso, M. Mannini, R. Bittl, R. Naaman, M. Wasielewski, R. Sessoli, S. Carretta, Chirality-induced spin selectivity: an enabling technology for quantum applications, Adv. Mater. 35, 2300472 (2023).
Conferences
- S. Carretta, “Molecular Spin Qudits and Chiral-Induced Spin Selectivity: two promising tools for Quantum Technologies”, invited talk at the workshop Electron spin for quantum technologies: from molecules to devices, Turin, May 19th 2023.
- S. Carretta, “Molecular Spin Qubits and Chiral-Induced Spin Selectivity: Two Promising Tools for Quantum Technologies”, invited talk at Copenhagen Molecular Quantum Information Discussions, Copenhagen, June 28th – 30th 2023.
- A. Chiesa, "Chirality-Induced Spin Selectivity: An Enabling Technology for Quantum Applications", July 20th 2023, invited talk at the KUJI QMAT Online Journal Club (online).
- S. Carretta, “Molecular Spin Qubits and Chiral-Induced Spin Selectivity: Two Promising Tools for Quantum Technologies”, invited talk at the ACS fall meeting, August 21st 2023.
- A. Chiesa, "Chirality-Induced Spin Selectivity: An Enabling Technology for Quantum Applications", invited talk at 30th Condensed Matter Division and FisMat joint Conference, Milan, September 4th-8th 2023.
- S. Carretta, “Molecular Spin Qubits and Chiral-Induced Spin Selectivity: Two Promising Tools for Quantum Technologies”, invited talk at the 18th IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC 2023), Paestum, October 22nd-25th, 2023.
- A. Chiesa, "Chirality-Induced Spin Selectivity: An Enabling Technology for Quantum Applications", talk at the 5th Chirality@The Nanoscale conference, Angers, October 1st-5th 2023.
- S. Carretta, "Molecular Spin Qubits and Chiral-Induced Spin Selectivity: Two Promising Tools for Quantum Technologies", invited talk at Spin meeting, Manchester, January 10th-12th 2024.
- A. Chiesa, "Chirality-Induced Spin Selectivity in Electron Donor-Acceptor molecules:a resource for Quantum Technologies", talk at the 8th Italian Conference on Magnetism MAGNET2024, Milan, February 7th-9th 2024.
