<HashMap><database>biostudies-literature</database><scores/><additional><omics_type>Unknown</omics_type><volume>7(40)</volume><submitter>Mikheev E</submitter><pubmed_abstract>Superconductivity in SrTiO&lt;sub>3&lt;/sub> occurs at remarkably low carrier densities and therefore, unlike conventional superconductors, can be controlled by electrostatic gates. Here, we demonstrate nanoscale weak links connecting superconducting leads, all within a single material, SrTiO&lt;sub>3&lt;/sub>. Ionic liquid gating accumulates carriers in the leads, and local electrostatic gates are tuned to open the weak link. These devices behave as superconducting quantum point contacts with a quantized critical supercurrent. This is a milestone toward establishing SrTiO&lt;sub>3&lt;/sub> as a single-material platform for mesoscopic superconducting transport experiments that also intrinsically contains the necessary ingredients to engineer topological superconductivity.</pubmed_abstract><journal>Science advances</journal><pagination>eabi6520</pagination><full_dataset_link>https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10938545</full_dataset_link><repository>biostudies-literature</repository><pubmed_title>Quantized critical supercurrent in SrTiO&lt;sub>3&lt;/sub>-based quantum point contacts.</pubmed_title><pmcid>PMC10938545</pmcid><pubmed_authors>Mikheev E</pubmed_authors><pubmed_authors>Goldhaber-Gordon D</pubmed_authors><pubmed_authors>Rosen IT</pubmed_authors></additional><is_claimable>false</is_claimable><name>Quantized critical supercurrent in SrTiO&lt;sub>3&lt;/sub>-based quantum point contacts.</name><description>Superconductivity in SrTiO&lt;sub>3&lt;/sub> occurs at remarkably low carrier densities and therefore, unlike conventional superconductors, can be controlled by electrostatic gates. Here, we demonstrate nanoscale weak links connecting superconducting leads, all within a single material, SrTiO&lt;sub>3&lt;/sub>. Ionic liquid gating accumulates carriers in the leads, and local electrostatic gates are tuned to open the weak link. These devices behave as superconducting quantum point contacts with a quantized critical supercurrent. This is a milestone toward establishing SrTiO&lt;sub>3&lt;/sub> as a single-material platform for mesoscopic superconducting transport experiments that also intrinsically contains the necessary ingredients to engineer topological superconductivity.</description><dates><release>2021-01-01T00:00:00Z</release><publication>2021 Oct</publication><modification>2026-07-05T03:13:38.965Z</modification><creation>2026-07-05T03:12:07.022Z</creation></dates><accession>S-EPMC10938545</accession><cross_references><pubmed>34597141</pubmed><doi>10.1126/sciadv.abi6520</doi></cross_references></HashMap>