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Twisting Spins: Florida State University researchers explore chemical boundaries to create new magnetic material

Researchers have created a new crystalline material with unusual magnetic patterns that could be used for breakthroughs in data storage and quantum technologies. The team used structural frustration to generate complex patterns of spins, leading to the discovery of skyrmion-like spin textures.

SourceFlorida State University·JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society·DateDec 10, 2025

Third dimension of data storage

Scientists successfully created three-dimensional skyrmion tubes in synthetic antiferromagnets, which move differently than two-dimensional counterparts. This breakthrough enables the potential for a third dimension of data storage, essential for brain-inspired computing and quantum computing.

SourceJohannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz·JournalNature Communications·TypeExperimental study·DateOct 6, 2025

Magnetic whirl simulation in real time

A team of researchers from Mainz University successfully simulated skyrmion dynamics on real-time experimental scales using a novel collaborative approach. By combining theoretical and experimental methods, the researchers were able to accelerate the development of skyrmion-based applications for energy-saving computer architectures.

SourceJohannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz·JournalPhysical Review Letters·DateJan 30, 2025

Spintronics: A new path to room temperature swirling spin textures

Researchers at HZB have developed a new approach to create and stabilize complex spin textures like radial vortices in various compounds. By using superconducting structures to imprint domains and surface defects to stabilize them, they achieve stable magnetic microstructures that can be used for spintronic applications.

SourceHelmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie·JournalACS Applied Materials & Interfaces·TypeExperimental study·DateApr 17, 2024

From skyrmions to hopfions

Researchers from Jülich, China, and Sweden have created and observed stable hopfion rings in a solid, which can move along skyrmion strings, enabling flexible information carriers. The discovery breaks open new research directions for 3D magnetic particles.

SourceForschungszentrum Juelich·JournalNature·DateNov 24, 2023

Magnetic skyrmions – ready for take-off?

A team at Max Born Institute develops methods to reliably create and guide magnetic skyrmions at controlled positions, enabling the study of their dynamics and potential applications in computing and data storage. By employing focused helium-ion irradiation and nanopatterned reflective masks, researchers can control the generation and ...

SourceMax Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI)·JournalNano Letters·TypeExperimental study·DateSep 5, 2022

Eccentric fractional skyrmion discovered in numerical simulations of ultra-cold superfluids

Scientists have discovered a new type of skyrmion with half-integer topological numbers in a ferromagnetic superfluid, challenging the current understanding of these phase defects. This discovery could lead to a major breakthrough in skyrmion research and its applications in particle physics and spintronics.

SourceOsaka City University·JournalPhysical Review A·TypeComputational simulation/modeling·DateFeb 15, 2022

Fundamental particles modelled in beam of light

Researchers have successfully created an experimental model of a skyrmion particle in a beam of light, providing a real system to demonstrate the behavior of this elusive type of fundamental particle. The study reveals the intricate structure and topological properties of skyrmions, which can be distorted but not broken.

SourceUniversity of Birmingham·JournalNature Communications·TypeExperimental study·DateNov 22, 2021

Skyrmion research: Braids of nanovortices discovered

Researchers from Germany, Sweden, and China have discovered braided structures of nanoscale skyrmions in alloys of iron and germanium, offering new insights into their properties and potential uses. These complex shapes stabilize the magnetic structures, making them interesting for applications in information processing.

SourceForschungszentrum Juelich·JournalNature Communications·DateOct 6, 2021

Pancake strategy for the win

Researchers at HZDR have created a novel method for growing magnetic thin-film materials that host skyrmions, tiny magnetic vortices promising for high data storage and processing capacities. The new process involves rapid heating with brief flashes of light to prevent undesired crystal phases, resulting in stable skyrmion formation.

SourceHelmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf·JournalAdvanced Functional Materials·DateMar 31, 2021

Magnetic whirls in confined spaces

Magnetic whirls, known as skyrmions, exhibit particle-like properties when confined to geometric structures. The researchers discovered that the stability of skyrmions varies greatly depending on their arrangement within these structures, with certain patterns resulting in high stability and mobility.

SourceJohannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz·JournalAdvanced Functional Materials·DateMar 4, 2021

Ultrafast dynamics of chiral spin structures observed after optical excitation

A joint research project has achieved a new milestone in ultra-fast control of magnetism by investigating femtosecond time-resolved x-ray scattering signals. The results indicate a faster recovery of chiral order compared to collinear magnetic order dynamics, suggesting that twists are more stable than straight magnetic configurations.

SourceJohannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz·JournalNature Communications·DateDec 9, 2020

Twisting magnetization with light

Researchers created tiny magnetization patterns known as skyrmions faster using laser pulses, which can have implications for magnetic data processing and storage. The findings clarified how the topology of the magnetic system changes in this process, contributing to stability but also making creation difficult.

SourceForschungsverbund Berlin·JournalNature Materials·DateOct 5, 2020

Extra stability for magnetic knots

Researchers at Kiel University found that neglected magnetic interactions play a key role in stabilizing skyrmions, increasing their lifetime and opening up new material systems. The discovery could enhance the stability of skyrmions, enabling their use in future electronic devices and data storage concepts.

SourceKiel University·JournalNature Communications·DateSep 21, 2020

Skyrmion dynamics and traverse mobility

Researchers have studied skyrmion behavior under dc and ac drives, discovering directional locking effects and enhanced transverse mobility. The study's findings could revolutionize computing and solve the mystery of ball lightning.

SourceSpringer·JournalThe European Physical Journal B·DateJun 19, 2020