Smooth, homogeneous, high-purity Nb3Sn superconducting RF resonant cavity by seed-free electrochemical synthesis

Z Sun, Z Baraissov, RD Porter, L Shpani… - Superconductor …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Workbench-size particle accelerators, enabled by Nb 3 Sn-based superconducting radio-
frequency (SRF) cavities, hold the potential of driving scientific discovery by offering a widely …

Formation of columnar grains during diffusional growth of Nb3Sn layer and its suppression

SH Oh, YJ Jeong, SH Na, J Kim, BJ Lee - Acta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
The manufacturing process of multifilamentary Nb 3 Sn superconducting wire includes
annealing for diffusional growth of the Nb 3 Sn intermetallic compound layer. During the …

[HTML][HTML] Thermodynamic route of Nb3Sn nucleation: Role of oxygen

Z Sun, DK Dare, Z Baraissov, DA Muller… - APL Materials, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Intermetallic Nb 3 Sn alloys have long been believed to form through Sn diffusion into Nb.
However, our observations of significant oxygen content in Nb 3 Sn prompted an …

Understanding the nanoscale chemistry of as-received and fast neutron irradiated Nb3Sn RRP® wires using atom probe tomography

LE Wheatley, T Baumgartner, M Eisterer… - Superconductor …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Atom probe tomography (APT) has been used to study the effect of fast neutron irradiation
on the local chemistry of Nb 3 Sn samples. Two RRP® wires doped with 2 at% Ti were …

Atomic behavior of Ti in A15 Nb3Sn and its effects on diffusional growth of Nb3Sn layer

SH Oh, YJ Jeong, SH Na, J Kim, A Zargaran… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Atomic details of the dramatic increase in the diffusional growth rate of A15 Nb 3 Sn
superconducting compound with Ti addition have been investigated using atomistic …

A Time-Dependent Ginzburg-Landau Framework for Sample-Specific Simulation of Superconductors for SRF Applications

AV Harbick, MK Transtrum - arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.20078, 2024 - arxiv.org
Modern superconducting radio frequency (SRF) applications require precise control of a
wide range of material properties, from microscopic material parameters to mesoscopic …

Microscopic origin of the abnormal elastic behavior accompanying the superconducting transition in Nb3Sn crystals: An extended ab initio study

X Yang, Q Du, L Qiao, G Xiao, Z Li, L Yang - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
As a promising next-generation material for superconducting radiofrequency cavities,
superconducting Nb 3 Sn, once developed for fabricating a high-field magnet, has attracted …

Impact of submicron stoichiometric surface defects on high-field superconducting radiofrequency cavity performance

SA Willson, AV Harbick, L Shpani, V Do… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
Nb 3 Sn film coatings have the potential to drastically improve the accelerating performance
of Nb superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) cavities in next-generation linear particle …

Investigation on the recrystallization and Nb3Sn microstructure of Nb alloys with large deformation during heat treatment

B Wu, Q Guo, C Wang, J Chen, Z Li… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
At fields of greater than 10 T, Nb 3 Sn wires with high critical current density are
commercially available and has been used to manufacture high field magnets. In such wires …