Available for Licensing:High-Quality Superconducting ZrN Thin Films via Molecular Beam Epitaxy for Quantum Computing and Advanced Superconducting Technologies

The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is offering a licensing opportunity for high-quality superconducting zirconium nitride (ZrN) thin films via molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) for quantum computing and advanced superconducting technologies. The technology has several key benefits, including superior quality, unconventional superconductivity, novel application, and tunable impurities, defects, and stoichiometry. The market applications for this technology include quantum computing, epitaxial superconducting heterostructures, research and development, and fault-tolerant computing. • The technology represents a significant advancement in the field of superconducting materials. • The high-quality, high-uniformity films can be used to create advanced structures needed for unconventional superconducting technologies. • The technology can be utilized by researchers and companies focused on advancing superconducting materials and their applications. • Unconventional superconducting schemes based on this technology could lead to more robust and fault-tolerant computing systems.