Stable Magnetic Skyrmions at Room Temperature (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

Stable Magnetic Skyrmions at Room Temperature

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Magnetic skyrmions are a type of swirling magnetic structure that maintains its topology. Physicists at UC Davis and NIST have developed nano dots that induce magnetic skyrmions in a film (arrows show magnetic moments).

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Kai Liu/UC Davis

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