Dr. Amirhossein Lame Jouybari and prof. dr. Leon Cizelj from Jožef Stefan Institute published the research article “Prospect of quantum computing on Enhanced Strain Gradient Crystal Plasticity theory” in International Journal of Plasticity, which is a highly renowned international journal in the field of plastic deformation, damage and fracture behaviour of solids. For the first time, the authors introduce a novel quantum computing algorithm based on the quantum Fourier transform (QFT) to solve the balance equations from the field of solid mechanics. It is demonstrated that the proposed QFT-method achieves a poly-logarithmic computational speedup, offering significant advantages for high resolution simulations of irradiated materials, where both numerical accuracy and computational efficiency are critical for reliable structural integrity assessments in nuclear power plant applications. In addition, the authors also presented a new ESGCP theory to describe crystal plasticity and grain size effects.