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NATURE PHYSICS
卷 14, 期 8, 页码 832-+出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41567-018-0155-3
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- JSPS [24224009]
Magnetic skyrmions have attracted attention because of their emergent electromagnetic properties. In particular, non-equilibrium-state skyrmions, which are protected by topology and hence can exist over a wider temperature-magnetic-field region, show promise for possible practical applications, but their dynamics remain elusive. Here, we report the observation of a magnetic-field-induced dynamical transition from the metastable hexagonal-lattice skyrmion crystal (SkX) at a zero bias-field to an amorphous state via the densely vacancy-populated SkX. With decreasing field, on the other hand, the aggregate transforms from 'random particles' to 'microcrystals' of skyrmions in a non-equilibrium state, in analogy to colloidal crystallization, and subsequently undergoes a topologically distinct phase separation between the SkX and helical/conical domains accompanied by topological defects. These observations directly demonstrate the aggregation and collapse dynamics of metastable skyrmions and may provide a route to other nontrivial topological phenomena such as the zero-magnetic-field topological Hall effect.
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