Nature Communications (May 2022)

History-dependent domain and skyrmion formation in 2D van der Waals magnet Fe3GeTe2

  • M. T. Birch,
  • L. Powalla,
  • S. Wintz,
  • O. Hovorka,
  • K. Litzius,
  • J. C. Loudon,
  • L. A. Turnbull,
  • V. Nehruji,
  • K. Son,
  • C. Bubeck,
  • T. G. Rauch,
  • M. Weigand,
  • E. Goering,
  • M. Burghard,
  • G. Schütz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30740-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Fe3GeTe2, known as FGT, is a van der Waals magnetic material that was recently shown to host magnetic skyrmions. Here, Birch et al using both X-ray and electron microscopy to study the stability of skyrmions in FGT, revealing how the sample history can influence skyrmion formation