Superconducting materials and discovery of low activation superconducting materials

This highly interdisciplinary project has been initiated in collaborating with the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Australian National University (ANU) and International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), France, CERN, Switzerland, Hyper Tech, USA, QUT and University of Wollongong (UOW) for the development of nano-structured engineered low-activation boron-11 based isotopic high temperature superconductors for the next generation low-cost DEMO fusion reactors.

This isotope-based material has been characterised by a number of state-of-the-art facilities available at UQ, QUT, UOW and ANSTO.

Selected Publications:

1. Evaluation of a solid nitrogen impregnated MgB₂ racetrack coil
2. Significant reduction of critical current anisotropy in malic acid treated MgB₂ tapes
3. MgB₂ for MRI applications: dual sintering induced performance variations in in situ and IMD processed MgB₂ conductors
4. Evaluation of residual stress and texture in isotope based Mg¹¹B₂ superconductor using neutron diffraction
5. Improvement in the transport critical current density and microstructure of isotopic Mg¹¹B₂ monofilament wires by optimizing the sintering temperature

Collaboration:

• Prof/ Shi Dou, UOW
• Dr Mahboobeh Shahbazi, QUT
• Dr. Vladimir Luzin, ANSTO
• Dr. Arnaud Devred, ITER/ France, CERN, Switzerland
• Dr Mike Sumption, Ohio State University, USA
• Edward Collings, Ohio State University, USA
• Dr. Andrezej Moraeski, Institute for high pressure physics, Poland
• Prof. Mehhmet Somer, Koc University), Turkey