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Mixing superconductivity and magnetism

Superconductivity and ferromagnetism are two very useful phenomena, but rarely coexist in bulk materials. Bringing them together in artificial hybrid structures produces some unusual results.

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Figure 1: Observing domain-wall superconductivity.

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Buzdin, A. Mixing superconductivity and magnetism. Nature Mater 3, 751–752 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1246

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