• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: A phase-field model by an Ising machine and its application to the phase-separation structure of a diblock polymer
  • Contributor: Endo, Katsuhiro; Matsuda, Yoshiki; Tanaka, Shu; Muramatsu, Mayu
  • imprint: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022
  • Published in: Scientific Reports
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14735-4
  • ISSN: 2045-2322
  • Keywords: Multidisciplinary
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  • Description: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>A novel model to be applied to next-generation accelerators, Ising machines, is formulated on the basis of the phase-field model of the phase-separation structure of a diblock polymer. Recently, Ising machines including quantum annealing machines, attract overwhelming attention as a technology that opens up future possibilities. On the other hand, the phase-field model has demonstrated its high performance in material development, though it takes a long time to achieve equilibrium. Although the convergence time problem might be solved by the next-generation accelerators, no solution has been proposed. In this study, we show the calculation of the phase-separation structure of a diblock polymer as the equilibrium state using phase-field model by an actual Ising machine. The proposed new model brings remarkable acceleration in obtaining the phase-separation structure. Our model can be solved on a large-scale quantum annealing machine. The significant acceleration of the phase-field simulation by the quantum technique pushes the material development to the next stage.</jats:p>
  • Access State: Open Access