Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Spontaneous skyrmionic lattice from anisotropic symmetric exchange in a Ni-halide monolayer

  • Danila Amoroso,
  • Paolo Barone,
  • Silvia Picozzi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19535-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Skyrmions, topological spin textures, are typically stabilized by the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and an applied magnetic field. In this theoretical study, by analysing monolayer NiI2, the authors suggest that two-site anisotropy with magnetic frustration can stabilize a skyrmion lattice.