DOI: 10.1126/science.284.5419.1508. Supercurrents Through Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Supercurrents Through Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

10.1126/science.284.5419.1508

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Abstract

Proximity-induced superconductivity in single-walled carbon nanotubes below 1 kelvin, both in a single tube 1 nanometer in diameter and in crystalline ropes containing about 100 nanotubes, was observed. The samples were suspended between two superconducting electrodes, permitting structural study in a transmission electron microscope. When the resistance of the nanotube junction is sufficiently low, it becomes superconducting and can carry high supercurrents. The temperature and magnetic field dependence of the critical current of such junctions exhibits unusual features related to their strong one-dimensional character.

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Kasumov, A. Yu., Deblock, R., Kociak, M., Reulet, B., Bouchiat, H., Khodos, I. I., Gorbatov, Yu. B., Volkov, V. T., Journet, C., & Burghard, M. (1999). Supercurrents Through Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Science, 284(5419), 1508â1511.

Authors 10

A. Yu. Kasumov (first)
R. Deblock (additional)
M. Kociak (additional)
B. Reulet (additional)
H. Bouchiat (additional)
I. I. Khodos (additional)
Yu. B. Gorbatov (additional)
V. T. Volkov (additional)
C. Journet (additional)
M. Burghard (additional)

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We acknowledge A. Loiseau for collaboration with the preparation of SWNTs on TEM grids and A. MacFarlane for useful comments on the manuscript. We also benefited from fruitful discussions with M. Dévoret D. Estève C. Urbina T. Giamarchi H. Pothier and H. Raffy. A.K. thanks The Russian Foundations for Basic Research (grant no. 97-1061) and Solid-State Nanostructures (99-02-1061) for financial support.

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