{"id":237942,"date":"2026-05-29T02:34:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/quantum-vibronics-research-points-to-future-energy-and-computing-technologies"},"modified":"2026-05-29T02:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:34:39","slug":"quantum-vibronics-research-points-to-future-energy-and-computing-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/quantum-vibronics-research-points-to-future-energy-and-computing-technologies","title":{"rendered":"Quantum vibronics research points to future energy and computing technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/quantum-vibronics-research-points-to-future-energy-and-computing-technologies.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scientists at the University of California, Riverside are making breakthroughs in understanding how quantum wave functions move across ultra-thin materials\u2014research that could eventually improve solar energy technologies and help lay the groundwork for new forms of quantum computing.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers are part of UCR\u2019s Center for Quantum Vibronics in Energy and Time (QuVET), which was established two years ago and focuses on \u201cvibronics,\u201d the interaction between vibrations and electronic quantum states. The center examines both biological molecules and synthetic layered materials, where the same fundamental quantum processes emerge across vastly different systems.<\/p>\n<p>Its research brings together physicists, chemists, engineers, and biochemists from multiple institutions to better understand how vibrations shape quantum behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists at the University of California, Riverside are making breakthroughs in understanding how quantum wave functions move across ultra-thin materials\u2014research that could eventually improve solar energy technologies and help lay the groundwork for new forms of quantum computing. The researchers are part of UCR\u2019s Center for Quantum Vibronics in Energy and Time (QuVET), which was [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1523,1617,1633,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biological","category-computing","category-quantum-physics","category-solar-power","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}