Comparing skyrmions and merons in chiral liquid crystals and magnets

Duzgun, Ayhan; Selinger, Jonathan V.; Saxena, Avadh

doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.97.062706

Title: Comparing skyrmions and merons in chiral liquid crystals and magnets

Journal Article · 19 June 2018 · Physical Review E

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.97.062706 · OSTI ID:1455092

Duzgun, Ayhan; Selinger, Jonathan V.; Saxena, Avadh

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