Superconductivity in a single-C 60 transistor

Single-molecule transistors have enabled studies of magnetism and other correlated nanoscale behaviour, but superconductivity has not been observed with this approach. It is now shown that superconducting junctions on both sides of a C60 molecule induce superconductivity across the whole device.

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