Method and Device for Storing Free Atoms, Molecules and Ions in a Contact-Less, Albeit Well-Defined Near Surface Arrangement

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This invention describes a method and device for trapping and holding free atoms, molecules, or ions in a precisely controlled arrangement near a surface, without direct contact. Using surface-supported quantum wells, the invention can confine these particles at the nanometer scale, where their quantum states can be manipulated and maintained, even allowing for quantum entanglement.

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• Quantum computing systems requiring precise placement and entanglement of atoms or molecules.
• Sensors with extreme sensitivity based on quantum state manipulation of surface-confined particles.
• Surface catalysis with controlled atom/molecule positioning to enhance reaction efficiency.
• Information storage at the quantum level by encoding data in the arrangement or entanglement of surface-trapped particles.
• Development of new materials with tailored quantum properties via patterned atomic/molecular assemblies.

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• Enables stable, contact-less confinement of atoms, molecules, or ions with nanometer precision.
• Allows for manipulation and utilization of quantum entanglement in practical devices.
• Improves control over quantum and surface phenomena, advancing quantum computing, sensing, and materials science.
• Reduces loss or disturbance of trapped particles due to non-contact arrangement.
• Can be used in scalable surface network configurations, potentially allowing for large-scale quantum device fabrication.

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Surface supported quantum wells with a confined surface state capture and stably confine neutral atoms and molecules in a nanometer precise environment. Depending on the physico-chemical conditions in the capturing process, the degree of occupancy, the temperature of the solid substrate, and/or the history of external stimuli like electromagnetic field pulses, these atoms, molecules or clusters assume unique configurations. The atoms or molecules are able to remain coupled to the quantum-well specific electronic state in the confinement and as such exhibit local and delocalized quantum entanglement. The capturing potential arises from the superposition of Pauli repulsion between the captured object and the quantum well-specific confined electronic state. This occurs within on-surface atomic or supramolecular assemblies or surface supported coordination or covalent networks.