Image of the Skyrmions (IMAGE)

Nanyang Technological University - School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences

Image of the Skyrmions

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Magnetic measurement images showing how the number of skyrmions in a nanomaterial varies with magnetic field strength.

These results were used to prove the influence of skyrmions on the Hall resistivity, a phenomenon called the Topological Hall Effect.

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M Raju

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