The 2026 Skyrmionics Roadmap
Abstract
Magnetic skyrmions and related topological spin textures have emerged as a central topic in condensed-matter physics, combining fundamental significance with potential for transformative applications in spintronics, magnonics, and beyond. Over the past decade, advances in material platforms, imaging techniques, theoretical modeling, and device concepts have established skyrmionics as a rapidly expanding field. At the same time, challenges remain in stabilizing, controlling, and integrating such textures into functional architectures, while novel phenomena such as antiskyrmions, higher-order skyrmions, hopfions, and antiferromagnetic textures arise. The 2026 Skyrmionics Roadmap represents a collective effort of many authors, providing a comprehensive perspective on the current state-of-the-art and the outlook for the coming years. In 33 focused sections, each co-authored by two researchers, we chart progress in theory and modeling, material systems, skyrmion dynamics, and skyrmion technologies. By offering a consolidated vision, this Roadmap aims to guide both fundamental research and application-driven efforts, accelerating the transition of skyrmionics from conceptual breakthroughs toward practical technologies.
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@article{arxiv.2601.16575,
title = {The 2026 Skyrmionics Roadmap},
author = {Sabri Koraltan and Claas Abert and Manfred Albrecht and Maria Azhar and Christian Back and Hélène Béa and Max T. Birch and Stefan Blügel and Olivier Boulle and Felix Büttner and Ping Che and Vincent Cros and Emily Darwin and Louise Desplat and Claire Donnelly and Haifeng Du and Karin Everschor-Sitte and Amalio Fernández-Pacheco and Simone Finizio and Giovanni Finocchio and Markus Garst and Raphael Gruber and Dirk Grundler and Satoru Hayami and Thorsten Hesjedal and Axel Hoffmann and Aleš Hrabec and Hans Josef Hug and Hariom Jani and Jagannath Jena and Wanjun Jiang and Javier Junquera and Kosuke Karube and Lisa-Marie Kern and Joo-Von Kim and Mathias Kläui and Hidekazu Kurebayashi and Kai Litzius and Yizhou Liu and Martin Lonsky and Christopher H. Marrows and Jan Masell and Stefan Mathias and Yuriy Mokrousov and Stuart S. P. Parkin and Bastian Pfau and Paolo G. Radaelli and Florin Radu and Ramamoorthy Ramesh and Nicolas Reyren and Stanislas Rohart and Shinichiro Seki and Ivan I. Smalyukh and Sopheak Sorn and Daniel Steil and Dieter Suess and Mykola Tasinkevych and Yoshinori Tokura and Riccardo Tomasello and Victor Ukleev and Hyunsoo Yang and Fehmi Sami Yasin and Xiuzhen Yu and Chenhui Zhang and Shilei Zhang and Le Zhao and Sebastian Wintz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.16575},
year = {2026}
}
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244 Pages, 33 Sections, 52 Figures