Invited talk delivered in Session 1: Quantum Materials and Devices at ISSMD-2026, hosted by IIT Ropar on 23–25 October 2026.
The talk covered two connected threads from our group:
- Interpretable ML screening for nuclear-spin-quiet qubit hosts (work by Md Mahshook A, published in Physical Review Materials): using composition-only models and Rashomon-set agreement across ~45,000 stable compounds to identify 122 candidate host materials, including layered chalcogenides, alkaline-earth tellurides, high-ε oxides, and ternaries.
- The ¹⁷O hyperfine bath of Ce³⁺ polarons in CeO₂ (work by Chithresh T M): showing how orbital orientation of the localised 4f¹ state selects a single strongly coupled first-shell ¹⁷O neighbour (2.02 MHz by DFT), yielding an exceptionally quiet spin bath with testable ESEEM/HYSCORE signatures.
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