Electric skyrmions charge ahead for next-generation data storage
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Published in Nature · View the paper (DOI)
A team of researchers has observed chirality in polar skyrmions for the first time in a material with reversible electrical properties. The discovery could lead to applications like more powerful data storage devices that continue to hold information even after being powered off.
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- Electric skyrmions charge ahead for next-generation data storage DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · Apr 18, 2019 · first to report
- Discovery may lead to new materials for next-generation data storage