{"id":243677,"date":"2026-09-05T01:15:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T06:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/scientists-push-molecules-on-a-surface-to-the-ultimate-quantum-limit"},"modified":"2026-09-05T01:15:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T06:15:54","slug":"scientists-push-molecules-on-a-surface-to-the-ultimate-quantum-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/scientists-push-molecules-on-a-surface-to-the-ultimate-quantum-limit","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Push Molecules on a Surface to the Ultimate Quantum Limit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-push-molecules-on-a-surface-to-the-ultimate-quantum-limit2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>An ultra-clean crystal surface allowed individual molecules to preserve quantum coherence at the fundamental Fourier limit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A molecule placed on a surface should be easier to probe and manipulate than one hidden inside a solid or suspended in vacuum. In practice, however, surface contamination creates an unstable, noisy environment that can quickly degrade the molecule\u2019s delicate quantum properties.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers at the <a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/tag\/max-planck-institute\/\">Max Planck Institute for the <i>Science<\/i> of Light (MPL)<\/a> have now overcome that barrier. Their technique allows molecules on a surface to be examined with spectroscopic precision while consistently reaching the ultimate quantum limit for coherence, something not previously achieved on a surface. The findings, published in <em><i>Science<\/i><\/em>, could expand studies of molecule-surface interactions and molecular quantum technologies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ultra-clean crystal surface allowed individual molecules to preserve quantum coherence at the fundamental Fourier limit. A molecule placed on a surface should be easier to probe and manipulate than one hidden inside a solid or suspended in vacuum. In practice, however, surface contamination creates an unstable, noisy environment that can quickly degrade the molecule\u2019s [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243677","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=243677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}