Issue 9, 2023

Ferroelectrically tunable magnetic skyrmions in two-dimensional multiferroics

Abstract

Magnetic skyrmions are topologically protected entities that are promising for information storage and processing. Currently, an essential challenge for future advances of skyrmionic devices lies in achieving effective control of skyrmion properties. Here, through first-principles and Monte-Carlo simulations, we report the identification of nontrivial topological magnetism in two-dimensional multiferroics of Co2NF2. Because of ferroelectricity, monolayer Co2NF2 exhibits a large Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction. This together with exchange interaction can stabilize magnetic skyrmions with the size of sub-10 nm under a moderate magnetic field. Importantly, arising from the magnetoelectric coupling effect, the chirality of magnetic skyrmions is ferroelectrically tunable, producing the four-fold degenerate skyrmions. When interfacing with monolayer MoSe2, the creation and annihilation of magnetic skyrmions, as well as phase transition between skyrmion and skyrmion lattice, can be realized in a ferroelectrically controllable fashion. A dimensionless parameter κ′ is further proposed as the criterion for stabilizing magnetic skyrmions in such multiferroic lattices. Our work greatly enriches the two-dimensional skyrmionics and multiferroics research.

Graphical abstract: Ferroelectrically tunable magnetic skyrmions in two-dimensional multiferroics

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 Apr. 2023
Accepted
05 Jūn. 2023
First published
06 Jūn. 2023

Mater. Horiz., 2023,10, 3450-3457

Ferroelectrically tunable magnetic skyrmions in two-dimensional multiferroics

Z. He, W. Du, K. Dou, Y. Dai, B. Huang and Y. Ma, Mater. Horiz., 2023, 10, 3450 DOI: 10.1039/D3MH00572K

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