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ArticleScientific reports2024

Fragment molecular orbital-based variational quantum eigensolver for quantum chemistry in the age of quantum computing.

Hocheol Lim, Doo Hyung Kang, Jeonghoon Kim, Aidan Pellow-Jarman, Shane McFarthing, Rowan Pellow-Jarman, Hyeon-Nae Jeon, Byungdu Oh, June-Koo Kevin Rhee, Kyoung Tai No

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Molecular Quantum Computations on a Protein.Journal of chemical theory and computation · 2026
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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Hocheol Lim *Bioinformatics and Molecular Design Research Center (BMDRC), Incheon, Republic of Korea. ihc0213@yonsei.ac.kr.
Doo Hyung Kang *QuNova Computing, Inc., Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Jeonghoon KimBioinformatics and Molecular Design Research Center (BMDRC), Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Aidan Pellow-JarmanQuNova Computing, Inc., Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Shane McFarthingQuNova Computing, Inc., Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Rowan Pellow-JarmanQuNova Computing, Inc., Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Hyeon-Nae JeonBaobab AiBIO Co., Ltd., Incheon, Republic of Korea.
Byungdu OhBaobab AiBIO Co., Ltd., Incheon, Republic of Korea.
June-Koo Kevin RheeQuNova Computing, Inc., Daejeon, Republic of Korea. rhee.jk@qunovacomputing.com.
Kyoung Tai NoBioinformatics and Molecular Design Research Center (BMDRC), Incheon, Republic of Korea. ktno@yonsei.ac.kr.
Yonsei University · KRQualcomm (United Kingdom) · GBSungkyunkwan University · KR

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT RS-2023-00257288
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quantum computers offer significant potential for complex system analysis, yet their application in large systems is hindered by limitations such as qubit availability and quantum hardware noise. While the variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) was proposed to address these issues, its scalability remains limited. Many efforts, including new ansätze and Hamiltonian modifications, have been made to overcome these challenges. In this work, we introduced the novel Fragment Molecular Orbital/Variational Quantum Eigensolver (FMO/VQE) algorithm. This method combines the fragment molecular orbital (FMO) approach with VQE and efficiently utilizes qubits for quantum chemistry simulations. Employing the UCCSD ansatz, the FMO/VQE achieved an absolute error of just 0.053 mHa with 8 qubits in a [Formula: see text] system using the STO-3G basis set, and an error of 1.376 mHa with 16 qubits in a [Formula: see text] system with the 6-31G basis set. These results indicated a significant advancement in scalability over conventional VQE, maintaining accuracy with fewer qubits. Therefore, our FMO/VQE method exemplifies how integrating fragment-based quantum chemistry with quantum algorithms can enhance scalability, facilitating more complex molecular simulations and aligning with quantum computing advancements.

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PMCPMC10825197
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