Superconducting nitrides: Versatile thin-film platforms for cryogenic technologies (Topical Review)

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  • Mikhail Belogolovskii Centre for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava, 84248 Bratislava, Slovak Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6657-378X
  • Magdaléna Poláčková Centre for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava, 84248 Bratislava, Slovak Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8826-5710
  • Erik Szivanyó Centre for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava, 84248 Bratislava, Slovak Republic https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9668-5573
  • Leonid Satrapinskyy Centre for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava, 84248 Bratislava, Slovak Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5463-0644
  • Pavol Ďurina Centre for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava, 84248 Bratislava, Slovak Republic https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8031-1440
  • Tomáš Roch Centre for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava, 84248 Bratislava, Slovak Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6989-8774
  • Maroš Gregor Centre for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava, 84248 Bratislava, Slovak Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7313-2563
  • Tomáš Plecenik Centre for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University Bratislava, 84248 Bratislava, Slovak Republic https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6518-052X

DOI (Low Temperature Physics):


https://doi.org/10.1063/10.0046910

Ключові слова:

nitride superconductors, thin-film platforms, niobium-based compounds, cryogenic applications

Анотація

Forty years after the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity, this field continues to advance not only through the pursuit of ever-increasing critical temperatures but also due to the development of superconducting materials optimized for practical quantum and cryogenic technologies. This review examines the evolving role of superconducting nitrides as a technologically important class of materials complementing high-Tc superconduc tors by combining robust superconducting properties with chemical stability, mechanical hardness, and scalable thin-film fabrication. We summarize recent advances in both established and novel nitride superconductors, in cluding NbN, NbTiN, TiN, MoN, VN, nitridized aluminum, and recently discovered unconventional chromium based nitrides. The main attention is given to the comparative evolution from Nb to NbN and NbTiN as thin-film platforms for superconducting electronics and quantum photonics. While Nb remains a foundational material for classical Josephson electronics and accelerator technologies, two other nitride superconductors are increasingly finding applications at the forefront of multifunctional superconducting systems due to their higher critical tem peratures, larger energy gaps, increased durability, and compatibility with nanoscale architectures. We argue that NbTiN, in particular, has the potential to become a unifying platform linking superconducting logic, quantum electronics and photonics.

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Mikhail Belogolovskii, Magdaléna Poláčková, Erik Szivanyó, Leonid Satrapinskyy, Pavol Ďurina, Tomáš Roch, Maroš Gregor, and Tomáš Plecenik, Superconducting nitrides: Versatile thin-film platforms for cryogenic technologies (Topical Review), Low Temp. Phys. 52, 1369–1376, (2026) [Fiz. Nyzk. Temp. 52, 1517–1526, (2026)] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/10.0046910.

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