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the Wake Forest University - Nano and Quantum Technologies Laboratory
NanoteQ
the Nano and Quantum Technologies Laboratory
at Wake Forest University
Our Research Teams
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There are four research themes at NanoteQ. Around these themes are faculty and researchers from Wake and around the world. These teams are independently funded and guided but are cross-fertilized within the NanoteQ environment by maintaining a full-time presence here. This makes for some pretty strange conversations in the hallways...
Quantum Machines
This focus is on quantum information sciences, quantum materials, quantum machines, and quantum sensing. Quantum mechanics is undergoing an exciting second great revolution today. And, NanoteQ's efforts are leading edge in this field. The team's work includes: quantum radar, quantum processors, time crystals, theoretical studies of quantum phase, and quantum coding in noisy environments, correlated photonics, and more. Our community includes WFU researchers as well as team members in Germany.
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Bionics and Cybernetics
This focus combines the worlds of medicine and biomedical engineering with the physics, computer science, and chemistry of life. The aim is to leverage breakthrough tech in engineering new approaches to the machine-biology interface. Artificial organs, embeddable health sensing, restorative system implants, and synaptic control of bioelectronics are only a few frontier goals. that are imagined today.
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​Synthetic Intelligence
Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, Deep learning… What is the difference in these things and does it matter? We move closer and closer to the era of machine thought, but how will this technology impact human societies? Is it a forgone conclusion that such machines will replace human creativity, suppress human skills and ability, and end human cognitive growth? NanoteQ focuses on the transformation of these tools into agents of growth for human societies. As we struggle with issues of ethics and social modification, technological limits and restrictive controls, as well as cognitive impacts our ability and pathway to create even more powerful AI must be addressed.
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​Green World Technologies
Power technologies, power utilization, and power security. How do we create a sustainable habitat, a fair and equitable access system to the world's resources, and a safe means of growth for our planet and our communities? The NanoteQ focus in this area is based on emerging technological innovation. Power in the marketplace always tends toward its densest forms and the growth of planetary power utilization far exceeds our ability to conserve our way to sustainability. But there are ways to generate power, distribute power, and use power that will allow us to move forward as a society without burning up our environment.