Magnetic chirality
Abstract Chirality with all broken mirror symmetries matters ubiquitously from DNA functionality, vine climbing, to the piezoelectricity of quartz crystals. Magnetic chirality means chirality in spin-ordered states or (atomic-scale or mesoscopic) spin textures. Magnetic chirality does not change wit...
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description | Abstract Chirality with all broken mirror symmetries matters ubiquitously from DNA functionality, vine climbing, to the piezoelectricity of quartz crystals. Magnetic chirality means chirality in spin-ordered states or (atomic-scale or mesoscopic) spin textures. Magnetic chirality does not change with time-reversal operation, and chirality prime ( $${\mathcal{C}}^\prime$$ C ′ ) means that time-reversal symmetry in addition to all mirror symmetries is broken with free spatial rotations. We will discuss a few examples of magnetic chirality and $${\mathcal{C}}^\prime$$ C ′ , and their emergent physical properties. Some of these exotic properties have been recently observed, and many of them need to be experimentally confirmed. |
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spelling | doaj.art-29ad6983bf764417a680d5cff6b1b6992022-12-21T17:57:38ZengNature Portfolionpj Quantum Materials2397-46482022-04-01711610.1038/s41535-022-00447-5Magnetic chiralitySang-Wook Cheong0Xianghan Xu1Rutgers Center for Emergent Materials and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers UniversityRutgers Center for Emergent Materials and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers UniversityAbstract Chirality with all broken mirror symmetries matters ubiquitously from DNA functionality, vine climbing, to the piezoelectricity of quartz crystals. Magnetic chirality means chirality in spin-ordered states or (atomic-scale or mesoscopic) spin textures. Magnetic chirality does not change with time-reversal operation, and chirality prime ( $${\mathcal{C}}^\prime$$ C ′ ) means that time-reversal symmetry in addition to all mirror symmetries is broken with free spatial rotations. We will discuss a few examples of magnetic chirality and $${\mathcal{C}}^\prime$$ C ′ , and their emergent physical properties. Some of these exotic properties have been recently observed, and many of them need to be experimentally confirmed.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-022-00447-5 |
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title | Magnetic chirality |
title_full | Magnetic chirality |
title_fullStr | Magnetic chirality |
title_full_unstemmed | Magnetic chirality |
title_short | Magnetic chirality |
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url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-022-00447-5 |
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