Tantalum Gets Superpower Upgrade with Tiny Magnesium Coating

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered that adding a layer of magnesium improves the properties of tantalum, a superconducting material that shows great promise for building qubits, the basis of quantum computers.

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Laura Thomsonfeb , Peter Sushko , Yimei Zhu , Mingzhao Liu , Andrew Walter , Brookhaven National Laboratory , National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center , Nanostructure Group , Brookhaven National Synchrotron Light Source , Brookhaven Lab , Energy Materials Group , Office Of Science , Us Department Of Energy , Princeton University , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Stony Brook University , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , National Institute Of Standards , Advanced Materials , Functional Nanomaterials , National Synchrotron Light Source , Condensed Matter Physics , Materials Science , Northwest National Laboratory , Co Design Center , Quantum Advantage , Softx Ray Scattering , Spectroscopy Soft , Tender Beamlines , National Institute , Materials Synthesis , Proximal Probe , Electron Microscopy , Advanced Energy Materials Group ,