Quantum computers potentially offer a faster way to calculate chemical properties, but the exact implications of this speed-up have only become clear over the last year. The first quantum computers are likely to enable calculations that cannot be performed classically, which might reform quantum chemistry — but we should not expect a revolution.
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Mueck, L. Quantum reform. Nature Chem 7, 361–363 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2248
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