Controlled Switching of the Number of Skyrmions in a Magnetic Nanodot by Electric Fields (Adv. Mater. 11/2022). Issue 11 (17th March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hou, Zhipeng; Wang, Yadong; Lan, Xiaoming; Li, Sai; Wan, Xuejin; Meng, Fei; Hu, Yangfan; Fan, Zhen; Feng, Chun; Qin, Minghui; Zeng, Min; Zhang, Xichao; Liu, Xiaoxi; Fu, Xuewen; Yu, Guanghua; Zhou, Guofu; Zhou, Yan; Zhao, Weisheng; Gao, Xingsen; Liu, Jun‐ming
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 34:Issue 11(2022)
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• Publication Date: 2022-03-17
• Subjects: electric fields -- low‐power‐consuming devices -- multi‐state switching -- skyrmion clusters; Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.202270090
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

Abstract : Skyrmion Clusters An electric‐field‐driven cascading transition of skyrmion clusters in a nanostructured ferromagnetic/ferroelectric multiferroic heterostructure is realized by Zhipeng Hou, Yangfan Hu, and co‐workers, as described in article number 2107908, allowing a continuous multilevel transition of the number of skyrmions in a one‐by‐one manner. Most notably, the transition is nonvolatile and reversible. These results open up a new direction for constructing low‐power‐consuming, nonvolatile, and multibit skyrmionic devices.