ACS Nano Impact Award for publication on controllable quantum effects

10 June 2026 / News, Research, People

ACS Nano Impact Award for publication on controllable quantum effects

Using the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope, the spins of individual tetrabromo-tetraazapyrene derivative molecules can be “toggled” (between 1 and 0). Chains of these molecules exhibit regular patterns of quantum states. (Image: R. Pawlak, Department of Physics, University of Basel)

This year's ACS Nano Impact Award goes to a research team from the universities of Basel and Bern.

The researchers are receiving this award for a paper they published in the scientific journal ACS Nano. In the publication, they describe how they can precisely arrange individual molecules on a superconductor and selectively control their quantum properties – which is important for developing quantum technologies.