Publications

The concept

1. Fullerene-based electron-spin quantum computer
   W. Harneit
   Physical Review A 65 (2002) 032322.

2. Architectures for a spin quantum computer based on endohedral fullerenes
   W. Harneit, C. Meyer, A. Weidinger, D. Suter, and J. Twamley
   physica status solidi (b) 233 (2002) 453-461.

Some experimental results

1. Tunneling Spectra of Individual Magnetic Endofullerene Molecules
   J. E. Grose, E. S. Tam, C. Timm, M. Scheloske, B. Ulgut, J. J. Parks, H. D. Abruña, W. Harneit, and D. C. Ralph
   Nature Materials 7 (2008) 884-889. (doi:10.1038/nmat2300)
   see also cond-mat 0805.2585

2. Direct Measurement of Diffusion in Liquid Phase by Electron Spin Resonance
   A. Blank, Y. Talmona, M. Shklyara, L. Shtirberga, and W. Harneit
   Chemical Physics Letters 465 (2008) 147-152.

3. Electrical detection of coherent spin pair oscillations in ZnPc devices
   S. Schaefer, S. Saremi, K. Fostiropoulos, J. Behrends, K. Lips, and W. Harneit
   physica status solidi (b) 245 (2008) 2120–2123.

4. ODMR of NV centers in nano-diamonds covered with N@C₆₀
   K. Huebener, R. S. Schoenfeld, J. Kniepert, C. Oelmueller, and W. Harneit
   physica status solidi (b) 245 (2008) 2013–2017.

5. Entanglement in P@C₆₀ encapsulated in a solid state matrix
   B. Naydenov, J. Mende, W. Harneit, and M. Mehring
   physica status solidi (b) 245 (2008) 2002–2005.

6. Thin film engineering for N@C₆₀ quantum computers: spin detection and device patterning approaches
   S. Schaefer, K. Huebener, W. Harneit, C. Boehme, K. Fostiropoulos, H. Angermann, J. Rappich, J. Behrends, and K. Lips
   Solid State Sciences 10 (2008) 1314-1321.

7. Optimisation of electronic interface properties of a-Si:H/c-Si hetero-junction solar cells by wet-chemical surface pre-treatment
   H. Angermann, L. Korte, J. Rappich, E. Conrad, I. Sieber, M. Schmidt, K. Huebener, and J. Hauschild
   Thin Solid Films 516 (2008) 6775-6781.

8. Smoothing and passivation of special Si(111) substrates: studied by SPV, PL, AFM and SEM measurements
   H. Angermann, J. Rappich, I. Sieber, K. Huebener, and J. Hauschild
   Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 390 (2008) 1463-1470.

9. Wet-chemical passivation of atomically flat and structured silicon substrates for solar cell applications
   H. Angermann, J. Rappich, L. Korte, I. Sieber, E. Conrad, M. Schmidt, K. Huebener, J. Polte, and J. Hauschild
   Applied Surface Science 254 (2008) 3615-3625.

10. N@C₆₀ quantum bit engineering
    W. Harneit, K. Huebener, B. Naydenov, S. Schaefer, and M. Scheloske
    physica status solidi (b) 244 (2007) 3879-3884.

11. Room Temperature Electrical Detection of Spin Coherence in C₆₀
    W. Harneit, C. Boehme, S. Schaefer, K. Huebener, K. Fostiropoulos, and K. Lips
    Physical Review Letters 98 (2007) 216601.

12. Strategies for the deposition of free radical organic molecules for scanning-probe microscopy experiments
    W. T. Pong, C. Durkan, H. Li, and W. Harneit
    Journal of Scanning Probe Microscopy 1 (2006) 55-62.

13. Synthesis and Functionalization of Fullerenes Encapsulating Atomic Phosphorus
    M. Scheloske, B. Naydenov, C. Meyer, W. Harneit
    Israel Journal of Chemistry 46 (2006) 407-412.

14. Ordered inclusion of endohedral fullerenes N@C₆₀ and P@C₆₀ in a crystalline matrix
    B. Naydenov, C. Spudat, W. Harneit, H. I. Suess, J. Hulliger, J. Nuss, and M. Jansen
    Chemical Physics Letters 424 (2006) 327-332.

15. Synthesis and magnetic properties of N@C₆₀ derivatives
    L. Franco, S. Ceola, C. Corvaja, S. Bolzonella, W. Harneit, and M. Maggini
    Chemical Physics Letters 422 (2006) 100-105.

16. AFM investigation of the formation of one-dimensional structures of C₆₀ shuttlecocks on HOPG
    K. Huebener, M. Scheloske, J. Hauschild, W. Harneit, G. Zehl, and S. Fiechter
    physica status solidi (b) 243 (2006) 2990-2994.

17. Pulsed and cw EPR studies on hydrogen atoms encaged in octasilsesquioxane molecules
    R. S. Schoenfeld, W. Harneit, and M. Paech
    physica status solidi (b) 243 (2006) 3008-3012.

18. N@C₆₀ and N@C₇₀ oriented in a single-crystalline matrix
    B. Naydenov, C. Spudat, M. Scheloske, H. I. Suess, J. Hulliger, and W. Harneit
    physica status solidi (b) 243 (2006) 2995-2998.

19. N@C₆₀ and P@C₆₀ as Quantum Bits
    C. Meyer, W. Harneit, B. Naydenov, K. Lips, and A. Weidinger
    Applied Magnetic Resonance 27 (2004) 123-132.

20. Pseudo-entanglement of spin states in the multilevel ¹⁵N@C₆₀system
    M. Mehring, W. Scherer, and A. Weidinger
    Physical Review Letters 93 (2003) 206603.

21. Purification and optical spectroscopy of N@C₆₀
    P. Jakes, K.-P. Dinse, C. Meyer, W. Harneit, and A. Weidinger
    Physical Chemisty Chemical Physics 5 (2003) 4080-4083.

22. Separation of N₂@C₆₀ and N@C₆₀
    T. Suetsuna, N. Dragoe, W. Harneit, A. Weidinger, H. Shimotani, S. Ito, H. Takagi, and K. Kitazawa
    Chemistry - A European Journal 8 (2002) 5079-5083.

23. Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Investigation of Endohedral Fullerenes N@C₆₀ and N@C₇₀ in a Liquid Crystal
    P. Jakes, N. Weiden, R.-A. Eichel, A. Gembus, K.-P. Dinse, C. Meyer, W. Harneit, and A. Weidinger
    Journal of Magnetic Resonance 156 (2002) 303-308.

24. Experimental Steps Towards the Realisation of a Fullerene Quantum Computer
    C. Meyer, W. Harneit, A. Weidinger, and K. Lips
    physica status solidi(b) 233 (2002) 462-466.

25. Phosphorous trapped within buckminsterfullerene
    J. A. Larsson, J. C. Greer, W. Harneit, and A. Weidinger
    Journal of Chemical Physics 116 (2002) 7849-7854.

26. Alignment of the Endohedral Fullerenes N@C₆₀ and N@C₇₀ in a Liquid Crystal Matrix
    C. Meyer, W. Harneit, K. Lips, A. Weidinger, P. Jakes, and K.-P. Dinse
    Physical Review A 65 (2002) 061201.

27. Thermal stability of the endohedral fullerenes N@C₆₀, N@C₇₀, and P@C₆₀
    M. Waiblinger, K. Lips, W. Harneit, A. Weidinger, E. Dietel, and A. Hirsch
    Physical Review B 64 (2001) 159901(E).

How it all began...

1. "Nitrogen doped" C₆₀ dimers (N@C₆₀-C₆₀)
   B. Goedde, M. Waiblinger, P. Jakes, N. Weiden, K.-P. Dinse, and A. Weidinger
   Chemical Physics Letters 334 (2001) 12-17.

2. Atomic Nitrogen Encapsulated in Fullerenes: Effects of Cage Variations
   E. Dietel, A. Hirsch, B. Pietzak, M. Waiblinger, K. Lips, A. Weidinger, A. Gruss, and K.-P. Dinse
   Journal of the American Chemical Society 121 (1999) 2432-2437.

3. Observation of Atomlike Nitrogen in Nitrogen-Implanted Solid C₆₀
   T. Almeida Murphy, Th. Pawlik, A. Weidinger, M. Höhne, R. Alcala, and J.-M. Spaeth
   Physical Review Letters 77 (1996) 1075-1078.

Patents

1. Verfahren und Anordnung zur Verarbeitung von quantenmechanischen Informationseinheiten
   W. Harneit, M. Waiblinger, A. Weidinger, B. Mertesacker, and K.P. Dinse
   DE 10058243, WO 02-41247, granted.