Numerical simulations suggest that disorder and damping have little effect on the current-induced motion of nanoscale magnetic whirls known as skyrmions.
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Rosch, A. Moving with the current. Nature Nanotech 8, 160–161 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2013.21
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