Atomistic simulation softwareprimary
4 projects
Core business underpinning all four H2020 projects, most directly VNL where they coordinated development of their open nanotechnology simulation platform.
Organization
QUANTUMWISE A/S
Danish SME developing commercial atomistic simulation software for nanoscale materials modelling, specializing in spintronics and quantum transport.
Technology SMEdigitalDKSMENo active H2020 projects
H2020 projects
4
As coordinator
1
Total EC funding
€322K
Unique partners
26
What they do
Their core work
QuantumWise develops commercial software for atomistic-scale simulation of materials and nanodevices, built on density functional theory (DFT) and non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) methods. Their flagship product, Virtual NanoLab (VNL), provides researchers and engineers with a cross-disciplinary platform for modeling electronic, magnetic, and transport properties at the nanoscale. They serve both academic research groups and industrial R&D teams needing predictive simulation of materials behavior before physical fabrication. In H2020, they contributed simulation expertise to spintronics, molecular electronics, and materials modelling standardization efforts.
Core expertise
What they specialise in
Spintronics and magnetic materials modellingprimary
2 projects
SPICE and COSMICS projects both focus on spintronic devices and molecular magnetism, with keywords including magnetic anisotropy and spin crossover.
Density functional theory (DFT) and quantum transportprimary
2 projects
COSMICS keywords explicitly cite DFT and NEGF formalism; these are the core computational methods embedded in their software.
Materials modelling standardizationsecondary
1 project
Participated in EMMC-CSA, the European Materials Modelling Council coordination action aimed at creating interoperability standards across simulation tools.
Evolution & trajectory
How they've shifted over time
Early focus
Materials modelling infrastructure
Recent focus
Molecular spintronics simulation
QuantumWise's H2020 participation spans a narrow window (2016–2017 start dates), making long-term evolution hard to track. Their earlier projects (EMMC-CSA, SPICE) focus on broad materials modelling infrastructure and photonic-spintronic integration, while later projects (VNL, COSMICS) show a sharper focus on molecular spintronics and their own simulation platform commercialization. The keyword data — concentrated entirely in the recent period — suggests a deepening specialization in magnetic and spintronic materials modelling rather than broadening into new domains.
QuantumWise was moving toward deeper specialization in spintronic and magnetic materials simulation, positioning their software as the go-to tool for molecular electronics design.
Collaboration profile
How they like to work
Role: specialist_contributorReach: European12 countries collaborated
QuantumWise operates primarily as a specialist partner (3 of 4 projects), contributing simulation software and computational expertise to research-led consortia. They coordinated one SME Phase 1 project (VNL) focused on their own product commercialization. With 26 unique partners across 12 countries from just 4 projects, they connect into broad European research networks — typical of a commercial software provider whose tools are used by many different research groups.
Despite being a small company with only 4 projects, QuantumWise built connections with 26 partners across 12 countries, reflecting the wide user base of their simulation software across European research institutions.
Why partner with them
What sets them apart
QuantumWise occupies a rare niche as a commercial SME producing production-grade atomistic simulation software — most competing tools are academic codes without professional support or user interfaces. Their combination of DFT and NEGF methods in a single platform makes them particularly valuable for projects needing to model both material properties and electronic transport in nanodevices. For consortium builders, they offer a credible industry partner that bridges fundamental physics simulation with practical device engineering.
Notable projects
Highlights from their portfolio
- VNLTheir only coordinated project — an SME Phase 1 to commercialize their Virtual NanoLab simulation platform, signaling serious business ambitions for their software.
- SPICELargest single EC contribution (€162,957) and an ambitious project combining spintronics with photonics for next-generation integrated circuits.
- COSMICSLong-running FET-Open project (2017–2022) on molecular spintronics, demonstrating sustained commitment to frontier magnetic materials research.
Cross-sector capabilities
Manufacturing — materials design and process simulationEnergy — modelling novel materials for batteries and solar cellsElectronics — nanodevice and semiconductor transport simulationHealth — molecular-level modelling for biosensor design
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