Electric-field-driven non-volatile multi-state switching of individual skyrmions in a multiferroic heterostructure
Spin-polarized current manipulation of magnetic skyrmions is energy consuming. Here, the authors achieve an electric-field manipulation of individual skyrmions in a nanostructured ferromagnetic/ferroelectrical heterostructure at room temperature via an inverse magneto-mechanical effect.
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author | Yadong Wang Lei Wang Jing Xia Zhengxun Lai Guo Tian Xichao Zhang Zhipeng Hou Xingsen Gao Wenbo Mi Chun Feng Min Zeng Guofu Zhou Guanghua Yu Guangheng Wu Yan Zhou Wenhong Wang Xi-xiang Zhang Junming Liu |
author_facet | Yadong Wang Lei Wang Jing Xia Zhengxun Lai Guo Tian Xichao Zhang Zhipeng Hou Xingsen Gao Wenbo Mi Chun Feng Min Zeng Guofu Zhou Guanghua Yu Guangheng Wu Yan Zhou Wenhong Wang Xi-xiang Zhang Junming Liu |
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description | Spin-polarized current manipulation of magnetic skyrmions is energy consuming. Here, the authors achieve an electric-field manipulation of individual skyrmions in a nanostructured ferromagnetic/ferroelectrical heterostructure at room temperature via an inverse magneto-mechanical effect. |
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spelling | doaj.art-07fbeef4ee0a40b28f17a723e53d45132022-12-21T20:36:29ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232020-07-011111810.1038/s41467-020-17354-7Electric-field-driven non-volatile multi-state switching of individual skyrmions in a multiferroic heterostructureYadong Wang0Lei Wang1Jing Xia2Zhengxun Lai3Guo Tian4Xichao Zhang5Zhipeng Hou6Xingsen Gao7Wenbo Mi8Chun Feng9Min Zeng10Guofu Zhou11Guanghua Yu12Guangheng Wu13Yan Zhou14Wenhong Wang15Xi-xiang Zhang16Junming Liu17Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology & Institute for Advanced Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal UniversitySchool of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology BeijingSchool of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, ShenzhenColleage of Science, Tianjin UniversityGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology & Institute for Advanced Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal UniversitySchool of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, ShenzhenGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology & Institute for Advanced Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal UniversityGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology & Institute for Advanced Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal UniversityColleage of Science, Tianjin UniversitySchool of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology BeijingGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology & Institute for Advanced Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal UniversityGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology & Institute for Advanced Materials, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal UniversitySchool of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology BeijingBeijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesSchool of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, ShenzhenBeijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of SciencesPhysical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyLaboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing UniversitySpin-polarized current manipulation of magnetic skyrmions is energy consuming. Here, the authors achieve an electric-field manipulation of individual skyrmions in a nanostructured ferromagnetic/ferroelectrical heterostructure at room temperature via an inverse magneto-mechanical effect.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17354-7 |
spellingShingle | Yadong Wang Lei Wang Jing Xia Zhengxun Lai Guo Tian Xichao Zhang Zhipeng Hou Xingsen Gao Wenbo Mi Chun Feng Min Zeng Guofu Zhou Guanghua Yu Guangheng Wu Yan Zhou Wenhong Wang Xi-xiang Zhang Junming Liu Electric-field-driven non-volatile multi-state switching of individual skyrmions in a multiferroic heterostructure Nature Communications |
title | Electric-field-driven non-volatile multi-state switching of individual skyrmions in a multiferroic heterostructure |
title_full | Electric-field-driven non-volatile multi-state switching of individual skyrmions in a multiferroic heterostructure |
title_fullStr | Electric-field-driven non-volatile multi-state switching of individual skyrmions in a multiferroic heterostructure |
title_full_unstemmed | Electric-field-driven non-volatile multi-state switching of individual skyrmions in a multiferroic heterostructure |
title_short | Electric-field-driven non-volatile multi-state switching of individual skyrmions in a multiferroic heterostructure |
title_sort | electric field driven non volatile multi state switching of individual skyrmions in a multiferroic heterostructure |
url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17354-7 |
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