Magnetic skyrmion materials

Y Tokura, N Kanazawa - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Skyrmion, a concept originally proposed in particle physics half a century ago, can now find
the most fertile field for its applicability, that is, the magnetic skyrmion realized in …

Magnetic small-angle neutron scattering

S Mühlbauer, D Honecker, ÉA Périgo, F Bergner… - Reviews of Modern …, 2019 - APS
Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) is one of the most important techniques for
microstructure determination, being utilized in a wide range of scientific disciplines, such as …

Large topological hall effect and spiral magnetic order in the Weyl semimetal SmAlSi

X Yao, J Gaudet, R Verma, DE Graf, HY Yang… - Physical Review X, 2023 - APS
Weyl electrons are intensely studied due to novel charge transport phenomena such as
chiral anomaly, Fermi arcs, and photogalvanic effect. Recent theoretical works suggest that …

[HTML][HTML] Design principles for noncentrosymmetric materials

X Huai, TT Tran - Annual Review of Materials Research, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Noncentrosymmetric (NCS) materials feature an exciting array of functionalities such as
nonlinear optical (NLO) responses and topological spin textures (skyrmions). While NLO …

Topological magnetic phase in the candidate Weyl semimetal CeAlGe

P Puphal, V Pomjakushin, N Kanazawa, V Ukleev… - Physical review …, 2020 - APS
We report the discovery of topological magnetism in the candidate magnetic Weyl semimetal
CeAlGe. Using neutron scattering we find this system to host several incommensurate …

Observation of two independent skyrmion phases in a chiral magnetic material

A Chacon, L Heinen, M Halder, A Bauer, W Simeth… - Nature physics, 2018 - nature.com
Magnetic materials can host skyrmions, which are topologically non-trivial spin textures. In
chiral magnets with cubic lattice symmetry, all previously observed skyrmion phases require …

Nanometric skyrmion lattice from anisotropic exchange interactions in a centrosymmetric host

M Hirschberger, S Hayami, Y Tokura - New Journal of Physics, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Skyrmion formation in centrosymmetric magnets without Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interactions
was originally predicted from unbiased numerical techniques. However, no attempt has yet …

Magnetic skyrmions: Basic properties and potential applications

S Li, X Wang, T Rasing - Interdisciplinary Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic skyrmions are particle‐like topological magnetic textures that are potential
information carriers in future spintronics. An enormous body of research confirms their …

Magnetoelectric classification of skyrmions

S Bhowal, NA Spaldin - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
We develop a general theory to classify magnetic skyrmions and related spin textures in
terms of their magnetoelectric multipoles. Since magnetic skyrmions are now established in …

Dzyaloshinsky–Moriya interaction (DMI)-induced magnetic skyrmion materials

WS Wei, ZD He, Z Qu, HF Du - Rare Metals, 2021 - Springer
A magnetic skyrmion is a particle-like spin swirling object with a nontrivial topology that
holds great promise for next-generation information carriers in high-performance spintronic …