152 Research Experience for Undergraduates Axial Ligands for Telecom Molecular Lanthanide Qubits

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Sonja Larson, Christian Oswood, Ryan Murphy, Danna Freedman

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2025-01-01

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As quantum science evolves, it is vital that the materials it uses that enforce an axial electron distribution in order to observe progress as well. Qubits, quantum equivalents of classical bits in the effects of chirality on qubit initialization and coherence time. computers, provide a platform for various applications in quantum Future research will investigate how chiral molecules and their computing, sensing, networking, and more. Molecules are reliably unique interaction with circularly polarized light could provide tunable, scalable, and portable when used as qubits. This research more tunable, reliable behavior of electron spin states during focuses on relationships between the structure of a molecular qubit the qubit initialization process. This project aims to advance anditscoherencetime, akeyparameterthatdefineshowlongitcan our understanding of the effects of chirality on initialization and store information. Lanthanides typically have longer coherence coherence time, which may provide valuable information in future times, making them promising components to molecular qubits. tuning of molecular qubit structures. We focus on a chiral macrocyclic Yb (III) complex with ligands Soft Robotic Particles Vasumathi Venkat, Hamed Almohammadi, Joanna Aizenberg Princeton University | Electrical and Computer Engineering | 2026 Colloidal robots can revolutionize remote sensing and actuation encode various internal structures, we program both photo- and for applications such as drug delivery, air quality assessment, and thermal actuation modes in the LCE particles. We image the collective transport, owing to their small size and self-assembly resulting particles to quantify fabrication accuracy. Next steps capabilities. However, until this point, these robots have been include analyzing the various actuation modes and collective limited by fabrication size, shape, or motion range. In this behavior of the particles. Unlike prior approaches, this fabrication work, we introduce a method to fabricate soft shape-shifting liquid method allows for the examination of the particles’ properties crystal elastomer (LCE) particles at the micron scale, capable on a continuum of geometric configurations due to the particles’ of reversible actuation. By combining various nanofabrication tunable actuation. Our fabricated colloidal particles could further techniques, including nanoprinting and lithography, we achieve introduce novel directions in studying colloidal self-assembly as a various 2.5D and 3D shapes, such as prisms, helices, and continuum system and creating microscale devices for biomedical frustums. Applying a magnetic field during polymerization to and environmental applications. 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More experiments are needed lysis. However, research on viral lysis of cyanobacteria is to clarify and resolve these discrepancies. Further insights limited. Most studies are conducted under axenic conditions, into viral lysis of cyanobacteria will lay the groundwork for pure cultures of cyanobacteria, which do not accurately represent exploring the precise mechanisms by which cyanophages infect the natural environments. Overall, the mechanisms driving cyanobacteria. Understanding these interactions can inform cyanobacterial lysis and associated changes at the single-cell leveltrategiesforsupportinghealthycyanobacterialgrowth,whichmay remain poorly understood. Here, we seek to compare the growth prove useful for oceanic carbon sequestration and the management dynamics and infection resistance of axenic and xenic cultures of harmful algal blooms. of cyanobacterial populations using a wide range of experimental Scalable Integration of Silicon G-Centers with Slow-Light Photonic Crystal Cavities for Quantum Photonics Lana Azar, Marko Loncar, Chaoshen Zhang University of California Santa Barbara | Electrical Engineering | 2026 Silicon G-centers are promising candidates for quantum mode volumes. The research combines a literature review of communication due to their telecom-wavelength emission and spin-photon interfaces and silicon-based quantum emitters with compatibility with silicon photonics. However, integrating these numerical simulations using Tidy3D to optimize cavity design. emitters into optical cavities remains challenging due to the low Following simulation, we fabricate and characterize slow-light yield and spatial precision required for traditional mask-based cavities using electron beam lithography and optical metrology implantation. This project explores the use of slow-light photonic techniques. Ultimately, the project aims to demonstrate efficient crystal cavities on silicon-on-insulator substrates to relax these spin-photon interfaces using G-centers in silicon, paving the way constraints by enabling enhanced Purcell factors with larger for scalable quantum photonic devices. Molecular and Cellular Biology Summer Connectomics Internship for Outreach Neuroscience 156 Molecular and Cellular Biology Summer Connectomics Internship for Outreach Neuroscience

Abstract:

As quantum science evolves, it is vital that the materials it uses that enforce an axial electron distribution in order to observe progress as well. Qubits, quantum equivalents of classical bits in the effects of chirality on qubit initialization and coherence time. computers, provide a platform for various applications in quantum Future research will investigate how chiral molecules and their computing, sensing, networking, and more. Molecules are reliably unique interaction with circularly polarized light could provide tunable, scalable, and portable when used as qubits. This research more tunable, reliable behavior of electron spin states during focuses on relationships between the structure of a molecular qubit the qubit initialization process. This project aims to advance anditscoherencetime, akeyparameterthatdefineshowlongitcan our understanding of the effects of chirality on initialization and store information. Lanthanides typically have longer coherence coherence time, which may provide valuable information in future times, making them promising components to molecular qubits. tuning of molecular qubit structures. We focus on a chiral macrocyclic Yb (III) complex with ligands Soft Robotic Particles Vasumathi Venkat, Hamed Almohammadi, Joanna Aizenberg Princeton University | Electrical and Computer Engineering | 2026 Colloidal robots can revolutionize remote sensing and actuation encode various internal structures, we program both photo- and for applications such as drug delivery, air quality assessment, and thermal actuation modes in the LCE particles. We image the collective transport, owing to their small size and self-assembly resulting particles to quantify fabrication accuracy. Next steps capabilities. However, until this point, these robots have been include analyzing the various actuation modes and collective limited by fabrication size, shape, or motion range. In this behavior of the particles. Unlike prior approaches, this fabrication work, we introduce a method to fabricate soft shape-shifting liquid method allows for the examination of the particles’ properties crystal elastomer (LCE) particles at the micron scale, capable on a continuum of geometric configurations due to the particles’ of reversible actuation. By combining various nanofabrication tunable actuation. Our fabricated colloidal particles could further techniques, including nanoprinting and lithography, we achieve introduce novel directions in studying colloidal self-assembly as a various 2.5D and 3D shapes, such as prisms, helices, and continuum system and creating microscale devices for biomedical frustums. Applying a magnetic field during polymerization to and environmental applications. Viral Lysis of Cyanobacteria Kevin Wang, Stefania Ketzetzi, Francesca Soddu, Vinothan Manoharan Boston University | Biomedical Engineering | 2027 Cyanobacteriaareancientphotosyntheticmicroorganismsthatplay techniquesincludingflowcytometry, lightmicroscopy, andliquid- a vital role in the carbon cycle of the ocean. Cyanophages, phase TEM. Preliminary measurements from confocal microscopy the viruses that infect cyanobacteria, regulate cyanobacterial indicate that the presence of heterotrophic bacteria supports populations through lysis. This process not only alters microbial cyanobacterial population stability, in contrast to axenic cultures. community dynamics but also influences the biological carbon However, in flow cytometry measurements, heterotrophs seem pump. It has been suggested that the presence of heterotrophic to weaken cyanobacterial resilience, possibly making them more bacteria in the microenvironment may affect the process of susceptible to viral attack. More experiments are needed lysis. However, research on viral lysis of cyanobacteria is to clarify and resolve these discrepancies. Further insights limited. Most studies are conducted under axenic conditions, into viral lysis of cyanobacteria will lay the groundwork for pure cultures of cyanobacteria, which do not accurately represent exploring the precise mechanisms by which cyanophages infect the natural environments. Overall, the mechanisms driving cyanobacteria. Understanding these interactions can inform cyanobacterial lysis and associated changes at the single-cell leveltrategiesforsupportinghealthycyanobacterialgrowth,whichmay remain poorly understood. Here, we seek to compare the growth prove useful for oceanic carbon sequestration and the management dynamics and infection resistance of axenic and xenic cultures of harmful algal blooms. of cyanobacterial populations using a wide range of experimental Scalable Integration of Silicon G-Centers with Slow-Light Photonic Crystal Cavities for Quantum Photonics Lana Azar, Marko Loncar, Chaoshen Zhang University of California Santa Barbara | Electrical Engineering | 2026 Silicon G-centers are promising candidates for quantum mode volumes. The research combines a literature review of communication due to their telecom-wavelength emission and spin-photon interfaces and silicon-based quantum emitters with compatibility with silicon photonics. However, integrating these numerical simulations using Tidy3D to optimize cavity design. emitters into optical cavities remains challenging due to the low Following simulation, we fabricate and characterize slow-light yield and spatial precision required for traditional mask-based cavities using electron beam lithography and optical metrology implantation. This project explores the use of slow-light photonic techniques. Ultimately, the project aims to demonstrate efficient crystal cavities on silicon-on-insulator substrates to relax these spin-photon interfaces using G-centers in silicon, paving the way constraints by enabling enhanced Purcell factors with larger for scalable quantum photonic devices. Molecular and Cellular Biology Summer Connectomics Internship for Outreach Neuroscience 156 Molecular and Cellular Biology Summer Connectomics Internship for Outreach Neuroscience

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Harvard / Rita Ionides, Walter McKelvie, Elena Ghazi, Salil Vadhan / 2025

Topics:

qubit, particle, quantum, molecular, lysi, cyanobacteria, silicon, variou, actuation, cyanobacterial, photonic, cavity

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@sonjalarson432 , @christianoswood433 , @ryanmurphy434 , @dannafreedman435