Blowing Magnetic Skyrmions into Shape (VIDEO)

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

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Researchers from Argonne National Laboratory and UCLA announced the first simple, room-temperature method to make magnetic skyrmions. When electric current is pulsed through the thin-film system, tiny skyrmions (a physics phenomenon thought to be an option for more energy-efficient and compact electronics) pop into being on the other side of a thin channel.

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Courtesy of Wanjun Jiang/Argonne National Laboratory

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