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The interesting physics and potential memory technologies resulting from topologically protected spin textures such as skyrmions, has prompted efforts to discover new material systems that can host these kind of magnetic structures. Here we…

We introduce and systematically investigate a new class of topological magnetic textures, skyrmionium meta-matter, composed of skyrmioniums (Skm, $Q=0$) and skyrmions (Sk, $Q=-1$) arranged in periodic lattices mimicking the richness of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-21 Andrey O. Leonov , Kaito Nakamura

Neuromorphic computing (NC) is considered as a potential vehicle for implementing energy-efficient artificial intelligence (AI). To realize NC, several materials systems are being investigated. Among them, the spin-orbit torque (SOT)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-10-05 Rahaman Hasibur , Durgesh Kumar , Chung Hong Jing , Maddu Ramu , Lim Sze Ter , Tianli Jin , S. N. Piramanayagam

Antiferromagnetic (AFM) and ferromagnetic (FM) skyrmions possess unique advantages for spintronic applications. AFM skyrmions eliminate the skyrmion Hall effect and exhibit fast dynamics, whereas FM skyrmions are easier to nucleate and…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-03 Xinyang Jiang , Jian Wu , Weiyi Pan

The topologically protected magnetic spin configurations known as skyrmions offer promising applications due to their stability, mobility and localization. In this work, we emphasize how to leverage the thermally driven dynamics of an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-06-20 Daniele Pinna , Flavio Abreu Araujo , Joo-Von Kim , Vincent Cros , Damien Querlioz , Perre Bessiere , Jacques Droulez , Julie Grollier

Recent studies have shown that material structures, which lack structural inversion symmetry and have high spin-orbit coupling can exhibit chiral magnetic textures and skyrmions which could be a key component for next generation storage…

Topological magnetic textures - like skyrmions - have become a major player in the design of next-generation magnetic storage technology due to their stability and the control of their motion by ultra-low current densities. A major…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-09-26 Karin Everschor-Sitte , Matthias Sitte , Thierry Valet , Ar. Abanov , Jairo Sinova

We explore the skyrmion formation and control possibilities in 2D magnets from the ubiquitous moir\'e pattern in vdW heterostructures. Using the example of a ferromagnetic monolayer on an antiferromagnetic substrate, we demonstrate a new…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-13 Qingjun Tong , Fei Liu , Jiang Xiao , Wang Yao

Magnetic skyrmionium is a skyrmion-like spin texture with nanoscale size and high mobility. It is a topologically trivial but dynamically stable structure, which can be used as a non-volatile information carrier for next-generation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-25 Xue Liang , Xichao Zhang , Laichuan Shen , Jing Xia , Motohiko Ezawa , Xiaoxi Liu , Yan Zhou

Magnetic domain wall motion has recently garnered significant interest as a physical mechanism to enable energy-efficient, next-generation brain-inspired computing architectures. However, realizing all behaviors required for neuromorphic…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-21 Jeffrey A. Brock , Aleksandr Kurenkov , Aleš Hrabec , Laura J. Heyderman

Magnetic skyrmions are topological magnetic spin structures exhibiting particle-like behaviour. They are of strong interest from a fundamental viewpoint and for application, where they have potential to act as information carriers in future…

Magnetic skyrmions are prime candidates as information carriers for spintronic devices due to their topological nature and nanometric size. However, unavoidable inhomogeneities inherent to any material leads to pinning or repulsion of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-13 I Gede Arjana , Imara Lima Fernandes , Jonathan Chico , Samir Lounis

N\'eel-type magnetic skyrmions in multilayer films have attracted significant amount of attention recently for their stability at room temperature and capability of motion driven by a low-density electrical current, which can be potentially…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-14 Senfu Zhang , Junwei Zhang , Yan Wen , Eugene M. Chudnovsky , Xixiang Zhang

We develop a theory to compute the domain-wall magnetoresistance (DWMR) in antiferromagnetic (AFM) metals with different spin structures. In the diffusive transport regime, the DWMR can be either {\it negative} or positive depending on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-16 Jun-Hui Zheng , Arne Brataas , Mathias Kläui , Alireza Qaiumzadeh

The advancement of next-generation magnetic devices depends on fast manipulating magnetic microstructures on the nanoscale. A universal method is presented for rapidly and reliably generating, controlling, and driving nano-scale…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-01-10 Haiming Dong , Panpan Fu , Yifeng Duan , Kai Chang

Skyrmions are emerging topological spin structures that are potentially revolutionary for future data storage and spintronics applications. The existence and stability of skyrmions in magnetic materials is usually associated to the presence…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-03-14 R. L. Novak , F. Garcia , E. R. P. Novais , J. P. Sinnecker , A. P. Guimarães

Magnetic skyrmions, as a whirling spin texture with axisymmetry, cannot be propelled by a uniform magnetic field. Therefore, reported skyrmion motions have been induced using other sorts of stimuli; typically, electric currents in magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-10-18 Xiangjun Xing , Yan Zhou

Skyrmions and bimerons are versatile topological spin textures that can be used as information bits for both classical and quantum computing. The transformation between isolated skyrmions and bimerons is an essential operation for computing…

We investigate the interplay of geometric symmetry, size, and external magnetic fields in regulating individual skyrmion states within magnetic nanostructures. By analyzing nanodisks, nanosquares, and nanorectangles, we demonstrate that…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-19 J. Y. Wang , C. X. Zhao , Y. F. Duan , H. M. Dong

Since the experimental discovery of magnetic skyrmions achieved one decade ago, there have been significant efforts to bring the virtual particles into all-electrical fully functional devices, inspired by their fascinating physical and…