Observation of room-temperature polar skyrmions

Das, S.; Tang, Y. L.; Hong, Z.; Gonçalves, M. A.P.; McCarter, M. R.; Klewe, C.; Nguyen, K. X.; Gómez-Ortiz, F.; Shafer, P.; Arenholz, E.; Stoica, V. A.; Hsu, S. -L.; Wang, B.; Ophus, C.; Liu, J. F.; Nelson, C. T.; Saremi, S.; Prasad, B.; Mei, A. B.; Schlom, D. G.; Íñiguez, J.; García-Fernández, P.; Muller, D. A.; Chen, L. Q.; Junquera, J.; Martin, L. W.; Ramesh, R.

doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1092-8

Observation of room-temperature polar skyrmions

Journal Article · Fri May 10 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Nature

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1092-8· OSTI ID:1512995

Das, S.; Tang, Y. L.; Hong, Z.; Gonçalves, M. A.P.; McCarter, M. R.; Klewe, C.; Nguyen, K. X.; Gómez-Ortiz, F.; Shafer, P.; Arenholz, E.; Stoica, V. A.; Hsu, S. -L.; Wang, B.; Ophus, C.; Liu, J. F.; Nelson, C. T.; Saremi, S.; Prasad, B.; Mei, A. B.; Schlom, D. G. more »

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Research Organization:: Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (US); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC02-06CH11357; AC05-00OR22725; FG02-07ER46417; SC0012375

OSTI ID:: 1512995

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1542399
OSTI ID: 1564189

Journal Information:: Nature, Journal Name: Nature Journal Issue: 04 Vol. 568

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: ENGLISH

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