Strain-Driven Skyrmion Device

Reversible at RT

Utilizes inhomogeneous uniaxial compressive strain to move isolated magnetic skyrmions from high to low strain regions at room temperature, enabling current-free manipulation.

Liu, Chen · Wang, Junlin · Wa, He · Zhang, Chenhui · Zhang, Senfu · Yuan, Shuai · Hou, Zhipeng · Qin, Minghui · Gao, Xingsen · Peng, Yong · Liu, Kai · Qiu, Ziqiang · Liu, Junming · Zhang, Xixiang

ACS Nano 2023

Advantages

At room temperature, inhomogeneous uniaxial compressive strain drives isolated skyrmions reversibly from high to low strain regions

Required strain gradient of μNm⁻¹ (from micromagnetic simulations)

Enables current-free manipulation of magnetic structures