Superconductivity occurs when a quantum condensate of paired electrons (Cooper pairs) is formed. In nanoparticles and other small particles, energy levels are quantized. Therefore, the average energy level spacing is bigger than the superconducting energy gap, and it is at this point that superconductivity is believed to be suppressed
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