EPSRC Network in Materials for Quantum Technologies

量子科学已经通过晶体管和其他电子和光学器件的发展实现了全球数字革命。我们现在正在进入第二次革命，叠加和纠缠的量子科学将应用于传感，计时，导航，通信，成像和计算的变革性技术。这将对能源、建筑、制药、电信、国防、金融、安全和信息技术等主要行业产生影响。正如数字革命依赖于材料来制造设备，例如半导体芯片、光纤、显示器和硬盘驱动器，新的量子设备也严重依赖于材料，无论是在量子系统的核心，还是在周围的基础设施中，通常都需要满足苛刻的环境要求。英国拥有世界领先的国家量子技术计划，并以其在材料科学和工程方面的研究而享誉国际。现在，英国需要将这两个优势结合起来，为未来的量子技术提供基础材料平台，并确保其保持在第二次量子革命的最前沿。EPSRC量子网络材料（M4QN）旨在通过汇集世界领先的英国材料研究社区，现有的英国国家量子技术计划（NQTP），以及在英国范围内协调努力的发展量子技术产业基础。M4QN的首要目标是通过与我们领先的材料科学和工程界的包容性合作，确保英国在QT研发方面的长期领先地位，为未来的QT提供所需的材料解决方案。还有一个强烈的近期目标，即在这个社区内获取专业知识，以帮助当前的NQTP解决当前的材料问题，并推动这些社区之间的参与来解决这些问题。

Quantum science has already enabled the global digital revolution through the development of transistors and other electronic and optical devices. We are now entering a second revolution where the quantum science of superposition and entanglement will be applied to transformative technologies for sensing, timing, navigation, communications, imaging and computing. These will impact on major industries including energy, construction, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, defence, finance, security and information technology.Just as the digital revolution depended upon materials to create devices, e.g. semiconductor chips, optical fibres, displays, and hard disk drives, so new quantum devices also rely critically upon materials, both at the heart of the quantum system and also in the surrounding infrastructure and are often required to meet demanding environmental requirements. The UK has a world-leading national quantum technologies programme and is renowned internationally for its research on materials science and engineering. Now the UK needs to bring these two strengths together to deliver the underpinning materials platforms for future quantum technologies and ensure that it remains at the forefront of this second quantum revolution.This EPSRC Materials for Quantum Network (M4QN) seeks to accelerate this process by bringing together the world-leading UK materials research community, the existing UK National Quantum Technologies Programme (NQTP), and the developing quantum technologies industry base in a UK-wide coordinated effort. The over-riding ambition for M4QN is to ensure that the UKs leading position in QT research and development is secured for the long-term through the inclusive engagement with our leading materials science and engineering community, providing the materials solutions required for the delivery of future QTs. There is also a strong near-term ambition to capture the expertise within this community to aid the current NQTP to address current materials issues and to drive engagement between these communities in solving these.