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Image from a scanning electron microscope showing a bundle of parallel-oriented Bi3

Ni fibers which become both

ferromagnetic and superconducting at low temperatures. Looking into such a fiber, one will discover an only few nanometer wide atomic lattice structure made out of bismuth (blue) and nickel atoms (green). © HZDR / TU Dresden, Germany

The TU Dresden and the HZDR are partners in the research alliance DRESDEN-concept which pursues the objective of making visible the excellence of Dresden research.

T. Herrmannsdörfer, R. Skrotzki, J. Wosnitza, D. Köhler, R. Boldt, and M. Ruck: Structure-induced coexistence of ferromagnetic and superconducting states of single-phase Bi3

Ni seen via magnetization and resistance measurements,

In: Physical Review B, Vol. 83, Issue14, April 2011, Article 140501(R) [4 pages], DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.83.140501: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.83.140501