Magnesium protects tantalum, a promising material for making qubits

Magnesium protects tantalum, a promising material for making qubits

Energy Daily

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Upton NY (SPX) Feb 12, 2024

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. As described in a paper just published in the journal Advanced Materials, a thin layer of magnesium keeps tantalum from oxid

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