Sentences with phrase «skyrmions swirled»
When condensed matter physicist Christos Panagopoulos of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and colleagues fiddled with the composition of layers of iridium, iron, cobalt and platinum, a variety of skyrmions swirled into existence.
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MAGNETIC KNOTS A skyrmion is a swirl (red) among the atoms of a magnetic material.
One possible issue: A skyrmion's swirling pattern makes it behave like a rotating object.
Although scientists now know how to make room - temperature skyrmions, the heat - tolerant swirls, tens to hundreds of nanometers in diameter, tend to be too big to be very useful.
Whether or not skyrmions end up in future gadgets, the swirls are part of a burgeoning electronics ecosystem.
Swirling objects known as magnetic vortices and skyrmions can be miniaturized without sacrificing mobility, a KAUST - led international research team has found.