One concept zips
skyrmions around a loop then past a stationary read / write head to eliminate the need for mechanical components used in today's hard drives.
Not exact matches
Although
skyrmions are made up of atoms, which remain stationary within the material,
skyrmions can move
around like a true particle, by sliding from one group of atoms to another.
«The magnetism just twists
around, and thus the
skyrmion travels,» says condensed matter physicist Kirsten von Bergmann of the University of Hamburg.
In the magnetic vortices — the
skyrmions — the «atomic bar magnets» of the iron atoms spin
around (orange and green arrows) and have an opposite orientation in their centres (blue arrows).
A
skyrmions can also be stabilized by the spinning motion
around its own axis, in a way that's similar to how a top stabilizes itself.