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Skyrmions

Skyrmion is a topologically stable, nanoscale quasiparticle arising in chiral magnetic materials, characterized by a vortex-like spin texture that exhibits particle-like behavior and robustness against perturbations due to its nontrivial winding number in the spin configuration.

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Skyrmion Lattice in a Chiral Magnet

S. Mühlbauer, B. Binz, Florian Jonietz et al. · Science · 2009 · 4.8K citations · Full text

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Real-space observation of a two-dimensional skyrmion crystal

Xiuzhen Yu, Y. Onose, Naoya Kanazawa et al. · Nature · 2010 · 3.4K citations

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Skyrmions on the track

A. Fert, Vincent Cros, J. Sampaio · Nature Nanotechnology · 2013 · 3.1K citations

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Spontaneous skyrmion ground states in magnetic metals

U. Rößler, A. N. Bogdanov, C. Pfleiderer · Nature · 2006 · 2.1K citations · Full text

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Spontaneous atomic-scale magnetic skyrmion lattice in two dimensions

Stefan Heinze, Kirsten von Bergmann, Matthias Menzel et al. · Nature Physics · 2011 · 2K citations

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  1. YT
    Yoshinori Tokura

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    94 publications · 15.5K citations

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  2. YZ
    Yan Zhou

    Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China

    90 publications · 9.9K citations

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  3. XZ
    Xichao Zhang

    Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China

    65 publications · 8.2K citations

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  4. NN
    Naoto Nagaosa

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    42 publications · 10.7K citations

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  5. XY
    Xiuzhen Yu

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    44 publications · 11.1K citations

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  1. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    87 h-index

    534 publications

    88.9K citations

  2. RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science

    Wako, Japan

    66 h-index

    647 publications

    75.4K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    57 h-index

    549 publications

    102.9K citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    51 h-index

    658 publications

    44.3K citations

  5. Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

    Shenzhen, China

    43 h-index

    228 publications

    20.5K citations

  6. Institute of Physics

    Beijing, China

    40 h-index

    408 publications

    28.9K citations

  7. University of Cologne

    Cologne, Germany

    39 h-index

    103 publications

    56.8K citations

  8. Forschungszentrum Jülich

    Jülich, Germany

    39 h-index

    197 publications

    17.6K citations

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  1. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 175 publications · 19.4K citations

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  2. Nature Communications

    130 publications · 17.2K citations

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  3. Physical review. B./Physical review. B

    PRB · 364 publications · 15.3K citations

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  4. Physical Review B

    PRB · 96 publications · 9.6K citations

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  5. Scientific Reports

    90 publications · 7.4K citations

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