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SKYRMIONS

Whirling spins with a ferroelectric

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Ferroelectric polarization enables the emergence and control of magnetic skyrmions at an oxide interface.

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Fig. 1: Emergence and control of skyrmions with ferroelectric polarization.
Fig. 2: Illustration of the topological Hall effect.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA

    Evgeny Y. Tsymbal

  2. Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

    Christos Panagopoulos

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