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He Z, Li Z, Chen Z, Wang Z, Shen J, Wang S, Song C, Zhao T, Cai J, Lin SZ, Zhang Y, Shen B. Experimental observation of current-driven antiskyrmion sliding in stripe domains. Nat Mater 2024:10.1038/s41563-024-01870-8. [PMID: 38605194 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-024-01870-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
Abstract
Magnetic skyrmions are promising as next-generation information units. Their antiparticle-the antiskyrmion-has also been discovered in chiral magnets. Here we experimentally demonstrate antiskyrmion sliding in response to a pulsed electric current at room temperature without the requirement of an external magnetic field. This is realized by embedding antiskyrmions in helical stripe domains, which naturally provide one-dimensional straight tracks along which antiskyrmion sliding can be easily launched with low current density and without transverse deflection from the antiskyrmion Hall effect. The higher mobility of the antiskyrmions in the background of helical stripes in contrast to the typical ferromagnetic state is a result of intrinsic material parameters and elastic energy of the stripe domain, thereby smearing out the random pinning potential, as supported by micromagnetic simulations. The demonstration and comprehensive understanding of antiskyrmion movement along naturally straight tracks offers a new perspective for (anti)skyrmion application in spintronics.
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- Zhidong He
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Energy and Power Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
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- Anhui Key Laboratory of Magnetic Functional Materials and Devices, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei, China
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Theoretical Division and Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
- Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo, China
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Sun Y, Zhao L, Pickard CJ, Hemley RJ, Zheng Y, Miao M. Chemical interactions that govern the structures of metals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2218405120. [PMID: 36787368 PMCID: PMC9974499 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2218405120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Most metals adopt simple structures such as body-centered cubic (BCC), face-centered cubic (FCC), and hexagonal close-packed (HCP) structures in specific groupings across the periodic table, and many undergo transitions to surprisingly complex structures on compression, not expected from conventional free-electron-based theories of metals. First-principles calculations have been able to reproduce many observed structures and transitions, but a unified, predictive theory that underlies this behavior is not yet in hand. Discovered by analyzing the electronic properties of metals in various lattices over a broad range of sizes and geometries, a remarkably simple theory shows that the stability of metal structures is governed by electrons occupying local interstitial orbitals and their strong chemical interactions. The theory provides a basis for understanding and predicting structures in solid compounds and alloys over a broad range of conditions.
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- Yuanhui Sun
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA91330
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu610500, PR China
- School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu610054, PR China
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- Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, CambridgeCB3 0FS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL60607
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL60607
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL60607
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- School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu610054, PR China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA91330
- Department of Earth Science, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA93106
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