What happens if the 'weak link' between two superconductors in a Josephson junction is a carbon nanotube, with a limited number of states available for electron transport? A supercurrent flows, but in a unique fashion.
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Bockrath, M. The weakest link. Nature Phys 2, 155–156 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys252
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