Skyrmions (IMAGE)

DOE/Ames National Laboratory

Skyrmions

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Skyrmions are nanoscale whirls or vortices of magnetic poles that form lattices within a magnetic material, a type of quasiparticle that can zip across the material, pushed by electrical current.

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Ames Laboratory, US Department of Energy

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