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Spontaneous Magnetization of a Metal–Insulator Interface

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Spontaneous magnetization of an eutectic In0.15Ga0.85-sapphire interface is discovered. Magnetic moment is directed from an insulator to a metal, its density corresponds to 1.8×1018 m−2 localized spin-1/2 states.

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Nizhankovskii, V.I. Spontaneous Magnetization of a Metal–Insulator Interface. J Supercond Nov Magn 25, 447–449 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-011-1288-0

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