Skyrmion, a concept originally proposed in particle physics half a century ago, can now find
the most fertile field for its applicability, that is, the magnetic skyrmion realized in …

As spins move through a chiral electric field, the resulting spin current can acquire chirality
through a spin–orbit interaction. Such spin currents are highly useful in creating spin–orbit …

Understanding the magnetic interactions is of fundamental importance in condensed-matter
physics as well as in the application of spintronic devices. In the past 13 years, the …

Magnetic skyrmions have attracted enormous research interest since their discovery a
decade ago. The non-trivial real-space topology of these nano-whirls leads to fundamentally …

Topological charge Q classifies non-trivial spin textures and determines many of their
characteristics. Most abundant are topological textures with| Q|≤ 1, such as (anti) …

The accuracy and efficiency of electronic-structure methods to understand, predict and
design the properties of materials has driven a new paradigm in research. Simulations can …

Within a decade, the field of magnetic skyrmionics has developed from a niche prediction to
a huge and active research field. Not only do magnetic skyrmions—magnetic whirls with a …

The notion of non-trivial topological winding in condensed matter systems represents a
major area of present-day theoretical and experimental research. Magnetic materials offer a …

Digital data, generated by corporate and individual users, is growing day by day due to a
vast range of digital applications. Magnetic hard disk drives (HDDs) currently fulfill the …

Spintronics is a research field that aims to understand and control spins on the nanoscale
and should enable next-generation data storage and manipulation. One technological and …