Advanced detectors for rare-event searches require materials with low radioactivity and high strength. The authors use computational thermodynamics to design electroformed copper-chromium and copper-chromium-titanium alloys with enhanced mechanical properties, while maintaining radiopurity, potentially revolutionizing materials for next-generation rare-event searches experiments like DarkSPHERE and XLZD.
- Dimitra Spathara
- Patrick Knights
- Konstantinos Nikolopoulos