Grid of Skyrmions (IMAGE)

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Grid of Skyrmions

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Magnetic eddies in silicon manganese, so-called skyrmions, form a regular grid. Moving these skyrmions needs 100,000 times smaller currents than existing technologies.

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