Materials · chemicals, mobility, aerospace, pharma

Rank candidate materials before any are made

The same measurement that ranked four photoresist formulations in the right order on a quantum processor applies to battery and lightweight materials, airframe and propulsion materials, formulation additives and excipients: candidates ranked with the energy gap each ranking rests on, before synthesis.

Headline result

4 of 4 ranked correctly

four of four formulations ranked correctly on IBM Heron, every energy difference within 0.3% of the exact reference

Measured on quantum hardwareClassical computation
Still from the Merlin Quantum film: rack hardware close up
01 · The decision

The decision on the table

In every one of these industries the next candidate is chosen by making it and testing it: a pilot batch, a bench quarter, a coupon test. The energy differences that decide the ranking are often below what the test resolves.

02 · What we did

What we did, with proprietary methods

Candidate structures or active spaces are modelled with our chemistry solver and ranked on quantum hardware as same-run comparisons, so the machine’s shared errors cancel and the ranking holds at sub-percent energy differences. The measurement to date is on the photoresist screen; the other material classes are the same lane with the same status.

03 · What it was worth

What it was worth

four of four formulations ranked correctly on IBM Heron, every energy difference within 0.3% of the exact reference

Key result · Materials · chemicals, mobility, aerospace, pharma
Candidates ranked before the pilot batch
Baseline
synthesise and test every candidate
Condition
four of four formulations ranked correctly on IBM Heron, every energy difference within 0.3% of the exact reference
Rankings that hold below what the test resolves
Baseline
standard energy estimates on the same chip
Condition
0.33 mHa against a 19.5 mHa median in the same job, read as same-run comparisons
Outcome

What happened next

For a client, the next step is the first engagement on this page’s industry: you send two to twelve candidate structures, or the active space from the package you already run. You get back the ranking, the gaps, and whether your DFT already settles it. Two weeks.

Decision it enabled

Candidates ranked before the pilot batch

Instead of: synthesise and test every candidate

Verified by · Ranking measured on quantum hardware on the photoresist screen; other material classes are the same lane and carry the same status until their own screen runs.

05 · How we know

How we know

  1. 01Formulation ranking: four of four in exact order, every energy difference within 0.3% (IBM Heron, 156 qubits).
  2. 02Energies read as frequencies: 0.0029% against 0.53% for the standard read on the same chip; same-run comparisons at 0.33 mHa against a 19.5 mHa median.
  3. 03Live with a formulation partner on long-acting injectables.
  4. 04Not claimed: a measured ranking on a battery, airframe or excipient set yet; those are the same lane, listed as live because the measurement is the same, with the first screen on your candidates as the engagement.
StatusMeasured on quantum hardwareClassical computationRanking measured on quantum hardware on the photoresist screen; other material classes are the same lane and carry the same status until their own screen runs.

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