UK Skyrmion Project Publications
Publications
Please find below a list of papers published by the UK Skyrmion Project (UKSP) team from work carried out during the course of the project under Research Challenges 1, 2 and 3. Some of the early papers are the result of pilot studies carried out by members of the UKSP team before the project was funded by the EPSRCLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window.
Publications 2016
[1 - 2016] R. Carey, M. Beg, M. Albert, M.-A. Bisotti, D. Cortés-Ortuño, M. Vousden, W. Wang, O. Hovorka, H. Fangohr, Hysteresis of nanocylinders with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, Applied Physics Letters 109, 122401 (2016)Link opens in a new window.
[2 - 2016] A. I. Figueroa, S. L. Zhang, A. A. Baker, R. Chalasani, A. Kohn, S. C. Speller, D. Gianolio, C. Pfleiderer, G. van der Laan, T. Hesjedal, Strain in epitaxial MnSi films on Si(111) in the thick film limit studied by polarization-dependent extended x-ray absorption fine structure, Physical Review B 94, 174107 (2016).
[3 - 2016] V. P. Kravchuk, U. K. Rößler, O. M. Volkov, D. D. Sheka, J. van den Brink, D. Makarov, H. Fuchs, H. Fangohr, Y. Gaididei, Topologically stable magnetization states on a spherical shell: Curvature-stabilized skyrmions, Physical Review B 94, 144402 (2016)Link opens in a new window.
[4 - 2016] T. Lancaster, R. C. Williams, I. O. Thomas, F. Xiao, F. L. Pratt, S. J. Blundell, J. C. Loudon, T. Hesjedal, S. J. Clark, P. D. Hatton, M. Ciomaga Hatnean, D. S. Keeble, G. Balakrishnan, Transverse field muon-spin rotation signature of the skyrmion-lattice phase in Cu2OSeO3, Physical Review B 91, 224408 (2015)Link opens in a new window.
[5 - 2016] T. Lancaster, F. Xiao, Z. Salman, I. O. Thomas, S. J. Blundell, F. L. Pratt, S. J. Clark, T. Prokscha, A. Suter, S. L. Zhang, A. A. Baker, T. Hesjedal, Transverse field muon-spin rotation measurement of the topological anomaly in a thin film of MnSi, Physical Review B 93, 140412 (2016)Link opens in a new window.
[6 - 2016] A. O. Leonov, J. C. Loudon, A. N. Bogdanov, Spintronics via non-axisymmetric chiral skyrmions, Applied Physics Letters 109, 172404 (2016)Link opens in a new window.
[7 - 2016] A. O. Leonov, T. L. Monchesky, J. C. Loudon, A. N. Bogdanov, Three-dimensional chiral skyrmions with attractive interparticle interactions, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 28, 35LT01 (2016)Link opens in a new window.
[8 - 2016] S. L. Zhang, A. Bauer, H. Berger, C. Pfleiderer, G. v. d. Laan, T. Hesjedal, Imaging and manipulation of skyrmion lattice domains in Cu2OSeO3, Applied Physics Letters 109, 192406 (2016)Link opens in a new window.
[9 - 2016] S. L. Zhang, T. Hesjedal, The magneto-Hall difference and the planar extraordinary Hall balance, AIP Advances 6, 045019 (2016)Link opens in a new window.
Publications 2017
[1 - 2017] A. Baker, M. Beg, G. Ashton, M. Albert, D. Chernyshenko, W. Wang, S. Zhang, M.-A. Bisotti, M. Franchin, C. L. Hu, R. Stamps, T. Hesjedal, H. Fangohr, Proposal of a micromagnetic standard problem for ferromagnetic resonance simulations, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 421, 428-439 (2017)Link opens in a new window.
[2 - 2017] M. Beg, M. Albert, M.-A. Bisotti, D. Cortés-Ortuño, W. Wang, R. Carey, M. Vousden, O. Hovorka, C. Ciccarelli, C. S. Spencer, C. H. Marrows, H. Fangohr, Dynamics of skyrmionic states in confined helimagnetic nanostructures, Physical Review B 95, 014433 (2017)Link opens in a new window.
[3 - 2017] D. Cortés-Ortuño, W. Wang, M. Beg, R. A. Pepper, M.-A. Bisotti, R. Carey, M. Vousden, T. Kluyver, O. Hovorka, H. Fangohr, Thermal stability and topological protection of skyrmions in nanotracks, Scientific Reports 7, 4060 (2017)Link opens in a new window.
[4 - 2017] S. L. Zhang, I. Stasinopoulos, T. Lancaster, F. Xiao, A. Bauer, F. Rucker, A. A. Baker, A. I. Figueroa, Z. Salman, F. L. Pratt, S. J. Blundell, T. Prokscha, A. Suter, J. Waizner, M. Garst, D. Grundler, G. van der Laan, C. Pfleiderer, T. Hesjedal, Room-temperature helimagnetism in FeGe thin films, Scientific Reports 7, 123 (2017)Link opens in a new window.
[5 - 2017] S. L. Zhang, G. van der Laan, T. Hesjedal, Direct experimental determination of the topological winding number of skyrmions in Cu2OSeO3, Nature Communications 8, 14619 (2017)Link opens in a new window.
[6 - 2017] S. L. Zhang, G. van der Laan, T. Hesjedal, Direct experimental determination of spiral spin structures via the dichroism extinction effect in resonant elastic soft x-ray scattering, Physical Review B 96, 094401 (2017)Link opens in a new window.
Publications 2018
[1 - 2018] Bisotti, M.-A., Cortés-Ortuño, D., Pepper, R., Wang, W., Beg, M., Kluyver, T. and Fangohr, H., Fidimag – A Finite Difference Atomistic and Micromagnetic Simulation Package. Journal of Open Research Software, 6, 22 (2018)Link opens in a new window.
[2 - 2018] D. Cortés-Ortuño, M. Beg, V. Nehruji, L. Breth, R. Pepper, T. Kluyver, G. Downing, T. Hesjedal, P. Hatton, T. Lancaster, R. Hertel, O. Hovorka, H. Fangohr, Proposal for a micromagnetic standard problem for materials with Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction, New Journal of Physics 20, 113015 (2018)Link opens in a new window.
[3 - 2018] K. J. A. Franke, B. M. Huddart, T. J. Hicken, F. Xiao, S. J. Blundell, F. L. Pratt, M. Crisanti, J. A. T. Barker, S. J. Clark, A. Štefančič, M. C. Hatnean, G. Balakrishnan, T. Lancaster, Magnetic phases of skyrmion-hosting GaV4S8-ySey (y=0,2,4,8) probed with muon spectroscopy, Physical Review B 98, 054428 (2018)Link opens in a new window.
[4 - 2018] W. Jiang, J. Xia, X. Zhang, Y. Song, C. Ma, H. Fangohr, G. Zhao, X. Liu, W. Zhao, Y. Zhou, Dynamics of Magnetic Skyrmion Clusters Driven by Spin-Polarized Current With a Spatially Varied Polarization, IEEE Magnetics Letters 9, 1-5 (2018)Link opens in a new window.
[5 - 2018] J. C. Loudon, A. O. Leonov, A. N. Bogdanov, M. C. Hatnean, G. Balakrishnan, Direct observation of attractive skyrmions and skyrmion clusters in the cubic helimagnet Cu2OSeO3, Physical Review B 97, 134403 (2018)Link opens in a new window.
[6 - 2018] R. A. Pepper, M. Beg, D. Cortés-Ortuño, T. Kluyver, M.-A. Bisotti, R. Carey, M. Vousden, M. Albert, W. Wang, O. Hovorka, H. Fangohr, Skyrmion states in thin confined polygonal nanostructures, Journal of Applied Physics 123, 093903 (2018)Link opens in a new window.
[7 - 2018] A. Štefančič, S. H. Moody, T. J. Hicken, M. T. Birch, G. Balakrishnan, S. A. Barnett, M. Crisanti, J. S. O. Evans, S. J. R. Holt, K. J. A. Franke, P. D. Hatton, B. M. Huddart, M. R. Lees, F. L. Pratt, C. C. Tang, M. N. Wilson, F. Xiao, T. Lancaster, Origin of skyrmion lattice phase splitting in Zn-substituted Cu2OSeO3, Physical Review Materials 2, 111402 (2018)Link opens in a new window.
[8 - 2018] S. Zhang, F. Kronast, G. van der Laan, T. Hesjedal, Real-Space Observation of Skyrmionium in a Ferromagnet-Magnetic Topological Insulator Heterostructure, Nano Letters 18, 1057-1063 (2018)Link opens in a new window.
[8 - 2018] S. Zhang, G. van der Laan, J. Müller, L. Heinen, M. Garst, A. Bauer, H. Berger, C. Pfleiderer, T. Hesjedal, Reciprocal space tomography of 3D skyrmion lattice order in a chiral magnet, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115, 6386-6391 (2018)Link opens in a new window.
[10 - 2018] S. L. Zhang, G. van der Laan, W. W. Wang, A. A. Haghighirad, T. Hesjedal, Direct Observation of Twisted Surface skyrmions in Bulk Crystals, Physical Review Letters 120, 227202 (2018)Link opens in a new window.
[11 - 2018] S. L. Zhang, W. W. Wang, D. M. Burn, H. Peng, H. Berger, A. Bauer, C. Pfleiderer, G. van der Laan, T. Hesjedal, Manipulation of skyrmion motion by magnetic field gradients, Nature Communications 9, 2115 (2018)Link opens in a new window.
Publications 2019
[1 - 2019] M. Beg, R. A. Pepper, D. Cortés-Ortuño, B. Atie, M.-A. Bisotti, G. Downing, T. Kluyver, O. Hovorka, H. Fangohr, Stable and manipulable Bloch point, Scientific Reports 9, 7959 (2019)Link opens in a new window.
[2 -2019] M. T. Birch, R. Takagi, S. Seki, M. N. Wilson, F. Kagawa, A. Štefančič, G. Balakrishnan, R. Fan, P. Steadman, C. J. Ottley, M. Crisanti, R. Cubitt, T. Lancaster, Y. Tokura, P. D. Hatton, Increased lifetime of metastable skyrmions by controlled doping, Physical Review B 100, 014425 (2019)Link opens in a new window.
[3 - 2019] R. Brearton, M. W. Olszewski, S. Zhang, M. R. Eskildsen, C. Reichhardt, C. J. O. Reichhardt, G. van der Laan, T. Hesjedal, Skyrmions in anisotropic magnetic fields: strain and defect driven dynamics, MRS Advances 4, 643-650 (2019)Link opens in a new window.
[4 - 2019] D. M. Burn, S. L. Zhang, S. Wang, H. F. Du, G. van der Laan, T. Hesjedal, Helical magnetic ordering in thin FeGe membranes, Physical Review B 100, 184403 (2019)Link opens in a new window.
[5 - 2019] D. Cortés-Ortuño, N. Romming, M. Beg, K. von Bergmann, A. Kubetzka, O. Hovorka, H. Fangohr, R. Wiesendanger, Nanoscale magnetic skyrmions and target states in confined geometries, Physical Review B 99, 214408 (2019)Link opens in a new window.
[6 - 2019] K. J. A. Franke, P. R. Dean, M. C. Hatnean, M. T. Birch, D. D. Khalyavin, P. Manuel, T. Lancaster, G. Balakrishnan, P. D. Hatton, Investigating the magnetic ground state of the skyrmion host material Cu2OSeO3 using long-wavelength neutron diffraction, AIP Advances 9, 125228 (2019)Link opens in a new window.
[7 - 2019] R. A. Gallardo, D. Cortés-Ortuño, T. Schneider, A. Roldán-Molina, F. Ma, R. E. Troncoso, K. Lenz, H. Fangohr, J. Lindner, P. Landeros, Flat Bands, Indirect Gaps, and Unconventional Spin-Wave Behavior Induced by a Periodic Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction, Physical Review Letters 122, 067204 (2019)Link opens in a new window.
[8 - 2019] B. M. Huddart, M. T. Birch, F. L. Pratt, S. J. Blundell, D. G. Porter, S. J. Clark, W. Wu, S. R. Julian, P. D. Hatton, T. Lancaster, Local magnetism, magnetic order and spin freezing in the ‘nonmetallic metal’ FeCrAs, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 31, 285803 (2019)Link opens in a new window.
[9 - 2019] T. Lancaster, Skyrmions in magnetic materials, Contemporary Physics 60, 246-261 (2019)Link opens in a new window.
[10 - 2019] W. Li, I. Bykova, S. Zhang, G. Yu, R. Tomasello, M. Carpentieri, Y. Liu, Y. Guang, J. Gräfe, M. Weigand, D. M. Burn, G. van der Laan, T. Hesjedal, Z. Yan, J. Feng, C. Wan, J. Wei, X. Wang, X. Zhang, H. Xu, C. Guo, H. Wei, G. Finocchio, X. Han, G. Schütz, Anatomy of Skyrmionic Textures in Magnetic Multilayers, Advanced Materials 31, 1807683 (2019)Link opens in a new window.
[11 - 2019] X. Li, S. Zhang, H. Li, D. A. Venero, J. S. White, R. Cubitt, Q. Huang, J. Chen, L. He, G. van der Laan, W. Wang, T. Hesjedal, F. Wang, Oriented 3D Magnetic Biskyrmions in MnNiGa Bulk Crystals, Advanced Materials 31, 1900264 (2019)Link opens in a new window.
[12 - 2019] J. C. Loudon, A. C. Twitchett-Harrison, D. Cortés-Ortuño, M. T. Birch, L. A. Turnbull, A. Štefančič, F. Y. Ogrin, E. O. Burgos-Parra, N. Bukin, A. Laurenson, H. Popescu, M. Beg, O. Hovorka, H. Fangohr, P. A. Midgley, G. Balakrishnan, P. D. Hatton, Do Images of Biskyrmions Show Type-II Bubbles?, Advanced Materials 31, 1806598 (2019)Link opens in a new window.
[13 - 2019] M. N. Wilson, M. Crisanti, C. Barker, A. Štefančič, J. S. White, M. T. Birch, G. Balakrishnan, R. Cubitt, P. D. Hatton, Measuring the formation energy barrier of skyrmions in zinc-substituted Cu2OSeO3, Physical Review B 99, 174421 (2019)Link opens in a new window.
[14 - 2019] S. Zhang, T. Hesjedal, G. van der Laan, Skyrmions getting an X-ray, MagNews 2019, 22-22 (2020)Link opens in a new window.
Publications 2020
[1 - 2020] M. T. Birch, D. Cortés-Ortuño, L. A. Turnbull, M. N. Wilson, F. Groß, N. Träger, A. Laurenson, N. Bukin, S. H. Moody, M. Weigand, G. Schütz, H. Popescu, R. Fan, P. Steadman, J. A. T. Verezhak, G. Balakrishnan, J. C. Loudon, A. C. Twitchett-Harrison, O. Hovorka, H. Fangohr, F. Y. Ogrin, J. Gräfe, P. D. Hatton, Real-space imaging of confined magnetic skyrmion tubes, Nature Communications 11, 1726 (2020)Link opens in a new window.
[2 - 2020] M. T. Birch, S. H. Moody, M. N. Wilson, M. Crisanti, O. Bewley, A. Štefančič, G. Balakrishnan, R. Fan, P. Steadman, D. Alba Venero, R. Cubitt, P. D. Hatton, Anisotropy-induced depinning in the Zn-substituted skyrmion host Cu2OSeO3, Physical Review B 102, 104424 (2020)Link opens in a new window.
[3 - 2020] R. Brearton, G. van der Laan, T. Hesjedal, Magnetic skyrmion interactions in the micromagnetic framework, Physical Review B 101, 134422 (2020)Link opens in a new window.
[4 - 2020] D. M. Burn, S. Wang, W. Wang, G. van der Laan, S. Zhang, H. Du, T. Hesjedal, Field and temperature dependence of the skyrmion lattice phase in chiral magnet membranes, Physical Review B 101, 014446 (2020)Link opens in a new window.
[5 - 2020] D. M. Burn, S. Zhang, K. Zhai, Y. Chai, Y. Sun, G. van der Laan, T. Hesjedal, Mode-Resolved Detection of Magnetization Dynamics Using X-ray Diffractive Ferromagnetic Resonance, Nano Letters 20, 345-352 (2020)Link opens in a new window.
[6 - 2020] D. M. Burn, S. L. Zhang, G. Q. Yu, Y. Guang, H. J. Chen, X. P. Qiu, G. van der Laan, T. Hesjedal, Depth-Resolved Magnetization Dynamics Revealed by X-Ray Reflectometry Ferromagnetic Resonance, Physical Review Letters 125, 137201 (2020)Link opens in a new window.
[7 - 2020] P. Chen, Y. Zhang, Q. Yao, F. Tian, L. Li, Z. Qi, X. Liu, L. Liao, C. Song, J. Wang, J. Xia, G. Li, D. M. Burn, G. van der Laan, T. Hesjedal, S. Zhang, X. Kou, Tailoring the Hybrid Anomalous Hall Response in Engineered Magnetic Topological Insulator Heterostructures, Nano Letters 20, 1731-1737 (2020)Link opens in a new window.
[8 - 2020] M. Crisanti, M. T. Birch, M. N. Wilson, S. H. Moody, A. Štefančič, B. M. Huddart, S. Cabeza, G. Balakrishnan, P. D. Hatton, R. Cubitt, Position-dependent stability and lifetime of the skyrmion state in nickel-substituted Cu2OSeO3, Physical Review B 102, 224407 (2020)Link opens in a new window.
[9 - 2020] M. Crisanti, N. Reynolds, I. Živković, A. Magrez, H. M. Rønnow, R. Cubitt, J. S. White, In situ control of the helical and skyrmion phases in Cu2OSeO3 using high-pressure helium gas up to 5 kbar, Physical Review B 101, 214435 (2020)Link opens in a new window.
[10 - 2020] Y. Guang, Y. Peng, Z. Yan, Y. Liu, J. Zhang, X. Zeng, S. Zhang, S. Zhang, D. M. Burn, N. Jaouen, J. Wei, H. Xu, J. Feng, C. Fang, G. van der Laan, T. Hesjedal, B. Cui, X. Zhang, G. Yu, X. Han, Electron Beam Lithography of Magnetic Skyrmions, Advanced Materials 32, 2003003 (2020)Link opens in a new window.
[11 - 2020] T. J. Hicken, S. J. R. Holt, K. J. A. Franke, Z. Hawkhead, A. Štefančič, M. N. Wilson, M. Gomilšek, B. M. Huddart, S. J. Clark, M. R. Lees, F. L. Pratt, S. J. Blundell, G. Balakrishnan, T. Lancaster, Magnetism and Néel skyrmion dynamics in GaV4S8-ySey, Physical Review Research 2, 032001 (2020)Link opens in a new window.
[12 - 2020] S. J. R. Holt, A. Štefančič, C. Ritter, A. E. Hall, M. R. Lees, G. Balakrishnan, Structure and magnetism of the skyrmion hosting family GaV4S8-ySey with low levels of substitutions between 0 < y < 0.5 and 7.5 < y < 8, Physical Review Materials 4, 114413 (2020)Link opens in a new window.
[13 - 2020] G. R. Lewis, J. C. Loudon, R. Tovey, Y.-H. Chen, A. P. Roberts, R. J. Harrison, P. A. Midgley, E. Ringe, Magnetic Vortex States in Toroidal Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: Combining Micromagnetics with Tomography, Nano Letters 20, 7405-7412 (2020)Link opens in a new window.
[14 - 2020] J. Liu, A. Singh, B. Kuerbanjiang, C. H. W. Barnes, T. Hesjedal, Kerr effect anomaly in magnetic topological insulator superlattices, Nanotechnology 31, 434001 (2020)Link opens in a new window.
[15 - 2020] J. Liu, A. Singh, Y. Y. F. Liu, A. Ionescu, B. Kuerbanjiang, C. H. W. Barnes, T. Hesjedal, Exchange Bias in Magnetic Topological Insulator Superlattices, Nano Letters 20, 5315-5322 (2020)Link opens in a new window.
[16 - 2020] T. Moorsom, S. Alghamdi, S. Stansill, E. Poli, G. Teobaldi, M. Beg, H. Fangohr, M. Rogers, Z. Aslam, M. Ali, B. J. Hickey, O. Cespedes, pi-anisotropy: A nanocarbon route to hard magnetism, Physical Review B 101, 060408 (2020)Link opens in a new window.
[17 - 2020] A. Štefančič, S. J. R. Holt, M. R. Lees, C. Ritter, M. J. Gutmann, T. Lancaster, G. Balakrishnan, Establishing magneto-structural relationships in the solid solutions of the skyrmion hosting family of materials: GaV4S8−ySey, Scientific Reports 10, 9813 (2020)Link opens in a new window.
[18 - 2020] M. N. Wilson, M. T. Birch, A. Štefančič, A. C. Twitchett-Harrison, G. Balakrishnan, T. J. Hicken, R. Fan, P. Steadman, P. D. Hatton, Stability and metastability of skyrmions in thin lamellae of Cu2OSeO3, Physical Review Research 2, 013096 (2020)Link opens in a new window.
[19 - 2020] K. Zeissler, S. Finizio, C. Barton, A. J. Huxtable, J. Massey, J. Raabe, A. V. Sadovnikov, S. A. Nikitov, R. Brearton, T. Hesjedal, G. van der Laan, M. C. Rosamond, E. H. Linfield, G. Burnell, C. H. Marrows, Diameter-independent skyrmion Hall angle observed in chiral magnetic multilayers, Nature Communications 11, 428 (2020)Link opens in a new window.
[20 - 2020] S. Zhang, D. M. Burn, N. Jaouen, J.-Y. Chauleau, A. A. Haghighirad, Y. Liu, W. Wang, G. van der Laan, T. Hesjedal, Robust Perpendicular Skyrmions and Their Surface Confinement, Nano Letters 20, 1428-1432 (2020)Link opens in a new window.
Publications 2021
[1 - 2021] M. T. Birch, D. Cortés-Ortuño, N. D. Khanh, S. Seki, A. Štefančič, G. Balakrishnan, Y. Tokura, P. D. Hatton, Topological defect-mediated skyrmion annihilation in three dimensions, Communications Physics 4, 175 (2021)Link opens in a new window.
[2 - 2021] R. Brearton, L. A. Turnbull, J. A. T. Verezhak, G. Balakrishnan, P. D. Hatton, G. van der Laan, T. Hesjedal, Deriving the skyrmion Hall angle from skyrmion lattice dynamics, Nature Communications 12, 2723 (2021)Link opens in a new window.
[3 - 2021] D. M. Burn, R. Brearton, K. J. Ran, S. L. Zhang, G. van der Laan, T. Hesjedal, Periodically modulated skyrmion strings in Cu2OSeO3, npj Quantum Materials 6, 73 (2021)Link opens in a new window.
[4 - 2021] D. M. Burn, S. L. Zhang, G. v. d. Laan, T. Hesjedal, Magnetization dynamics in ordered spin structures revealed by diffractive and reflectometry ferromagnetic resonance, AIP Advances 11, 015327 (2021)Link opens in a new window.
[5 - 2021] S. P. M. Curley, B. M. Huddart, D. Kamenskyi, M. J. Coak, R. C. Williams, S. Ghannadzadeh, A. Schneider, S. Okubo, T. Sakurai, H. Ohta, J. P. Tidey, D. Graf, S. J. Clark, S. J. Blundell, F. L. Pratt, M. T. F. Telling, T. Lancaster, J. L. Manson, P. A. Goddard, Anomalous magnetic exchange in a dimerized quantum magnet composed of unlike spin species, Physical Review B 104, 214435 (2021)Link opens in a new window.
[6 - 2021] A. E. Hall, D. D. Khalyavin, P. Manuel, D. A. Mayoh, F. Orlandi, O. A. Petrenko, M. R. Lees, G. Balakrishnan, Magnetic structure investigation of the intercalated transition metal dichalcogenide V1/3NbS2, Physical Review B 103, 174431 (2021)Link opens in a new window.
[7 - 2021] T. J. Hicken, M. N. Wilson, K. J. A. Franke, B. M. Huddart, Z. Hawkhead, M. Gomilšek, S. J. Clark, F. L. Pratt, A. Štefančič, A. E. Hall, M. Ciomaga Hatnean, G. Balakrishnan, T. Lancaster, Megahertz dynamics in skyrmion systems probed with muon-spin relaxation, Physical Review B 103, 024428 (2021)Link opens in a new window.
[8 - 2021] S. J. R. Holt, C. Ritter, M. R. Lees, G. Balakrishnan, Investigation of the magnetic ground state of GaV4S8 using powder neutron diffraction, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 33, 255802 (2021)Link opens in a new window.
[9 - 2021] S. J. R. Holt, A. Štefančič, J. C. Loudon, M. R. Lees, G. Balakrishnan, Investigations of the size distribution and magnetic properties of nanoparticles of Cu2OSeO3, Materials Research Express 8, 116101 (2021)Link opens in a new window.
[10 - 2021] B. M. Huddart, M. Gomilšek, T. J. Hicken, F. L. Pratt, S. J. Blundell, P. A. Goddard, S. J. Kaech, J. L. Manson, T. Lancaster, Magnetic order and ballistic spin transport in a sine-Gordon spin chain, Physical Review B 103, L060405 (2021)Link opens in a new window.
[11 - 2021] G. v. d. Laan, S. L. Zhang, T. Hesjedal, Depth profiling of 3D skyrmion lattices in a chiral magnet - A story with a twist, AIP Advances 11, 015108 (2021)Link opens in a new window.
[12 - 2021] J. Liu, T. Hesjedal, Magnetic Topological Insulator Heterostructures: A Review, Advanced Materials, 2102427 (2021)Link opens in a new window.
[13 - 2021] S. Mañas-Valero, B. M. Huddart, T. Lancaster, E. Coronado, F. L. Pratt, Quantum phases and spin liquid properties of 1T-TaS2, npj Quantum Materials 6, 69 (2021)Link opens in a new window.
[14 - 2021] D. A. Mayoh, G. D. A. Wood, S. J. R. Holt, G. Beckett, E. J. L. Dekker, M. R. Lees, G. Balakrishnan, Effects of Fe Deficiency and Co Substitution in Polycrystalline and Single Crystals of Fe3GeTe2, Crystal Growth & Design 21, 6786-6792 (2021)Link opens in a new window.
[15 - 2021] S. H. Moody, P. Nielsen, M. N. Wilson, D. A. Venero, A. Štefančič, G. Balakrishnan, P. D. Hatton, Experimental evidence of a change of exchange anisotropy sign with temperature in Zn-substituted Cu2OSeO3, Physical Review Research 3, 043149 (2021)Link opens in a new window.
[16 - 2021] K. Ran, Y. Liu, Y. Guang, D. M. Burn, G. van der Laan, T. Hesjedal, H. Du, G. Yu, S. Zhang, Creation of a Chiral Bobber Lattice in Helimagnet-Multilayer Heterostructures, Physical Review Letters 126, 017204 (2021)Link opens in a new window.
[17 - 2021] L. A. Turnbull, M. T. Birch, A. Laurenson, N. Bukin, E. O. Burgos-Parra, H. Popescu, M. N. Wilson, A. Stefančič, G. Balakrishnan, F. Y. Ogrin, P. D. Hatton, Tilted X-Ray Holography of Magnetic Bubbles in MnNiGa Lamellae, ACS Nano 15, 387-395 (2021)Link opens in a new window.
[18 - 2021] M. N. Wilson, T. J. Hicken, M. Gomilšek, A. Štefančič, G. Balakrishnan, J. C. Loudon, A. C. Twitchett-Harrison, F. L. Pratt, M. Telling, T. Lancaster, Spin dynamics in bulk MnNiGa and Mn1.4Pt0.9Pd0.1Sn investigated by muon spin relaxation, Physical Review B 104, 134414 (2021)Link opens in a new window.
[19 - 2021] T. B. Winkler, K. Litzius, A. de Lucia, M. Weißenhofer, H. Fangohr, M. Kläui, Skyrmion States in Disk Geometry, Physical Review Applied 16, 044014 (2021)Link opens in a new window.
Publications 2022
[1 - 2022] B. Achinuq, R. Fujita, W. Xia, Y. Guo, P. Bencok, G. van der Laan, T. Hesjedal, Covalent Mixing in the 2D Ferromagnet CrSiTe3 Evidenced by Magnetic X-Ray Circular Dichroism, Physica Status Solidi (RRL) – Rapid Research Letters 16, 2100566 (2022)Link opens in a new window.
[2 - 2022] G. Awana, R. Fujita, A. Frisk, P. Chen, Q. Yao, A. J. Caruana, C. J. Kinane, N. J. Steinke, S. Langridge, P. Olalde-Velasco, S. S. Dhesi, G. van der Laan, X. F. Kou, S. L. Zhang, T. Hesjedal, D. Backes, Critical analysis of proximity-induced magnetism in MnTe/Bi2Te3 heterostructures, Physical Review Materials 6, 053402 (2022)Link opens in a new window.
[3 - 2022] M. Beg, M. Lang, H. Fangohr, Ubermag: Toward More Effective Micromagnetic Workflows, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 58, 7300205 (2022)Link opens in a new window.
[4 - 2022] M. T. Birch, D. Cortés-Ortuño, K. Litzius, S. Wintz, F. Schulz, M. Weigand, A. Štefančič, D. A. Mayoh, G. Balakrishnan, P. D. Hatton, G. Schütz, Toggle-like current-induced Bloch point dynamics of 3D skyrmion strings in a room temperature nanowire, Nature Communications 13, 3630 (2022)Link opens in a new window.
[5 - 2022] 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, History-dependent domain and skyrmion formation in 2D van der Waals magnet Fe3GeTe2, Nature Communications 13, 3035 (2022)Link opens in a new window.
[6 - 2022] R. Fujita, P. Bassirian, Z. Li, Y. Guo, M. A. Mawass, F. Kronast, G. van der Laan, T. Hesjedal, Layer-Dependent Magnetic Domains in Atomically Thin Fe5GeTe2, ACS Nano 16, 10545-10553 (2022)Link opens in a new window.
[7 - 2022] R. Fujita, J. Liu, X. Hou, Y. Guo, J. Herrero-Martín, G. van der Laan, T. Hesjedal, X-ray spectroscopy for the magnetic study of the van der Waals ferromagnet CrSiTe3 in the few- and monolayer limit, 2d Materials 9, 045007 (2022)Link opens in a new window.
[8 - 2022] A. E. Hall, J. C. Loudon, P. A. Midgley, A. C. Twitchett-Harrison, S. J. R. Holt, D. A. Mayoh, J. P. Tidey, Y. Han, M. R. Lees, G. Balakrishnan, Comparative study of the structural and magnetic properties of Mn1/3NbS2 and Cr1/3NbS2, Physical Review Materials 6, 024407 (2022)Link opens in a new window.
[9 - 2022] T. J. Hicken, Z. Hawkhead, M. N. Wilson, B. M. Huddart, A. E. Hall, G. Balakrishnan, C. Wang, F. L. Pratt, S. J. Clark, T. Lancaster, Energy-gap driven low-temperature magnetic and transport properties in Cr1/3MS2 (M = Nb, Ta), Physical Review B 105, L060407 (2022)Link opens in a new window.
[10 - 2022] T. J. Hicken, M. N. Wilson, S. J. R. Holt, R. Khassanov, M. R. Lees, R. Gupta, D. Das, G. Balakrishnan, T. Lancaster, Magnetism in the Néel-skyrmion host GaV4S8 under pressure, Physical Review B 105, 134414 (2022)Link opens in a new window.
[11 - 2022] D. A. Mayoh, J. Bouaziz, A. E. Hall, J. B. Staunton, M. R. Lees, G. Balakrishnan, Giant topological and planar Hall effect in Cr1/3NbS2, Physical Review Research 4, 013134 (2022)Link opens in a new window.
[12 - 2022] K. Ran, Y. Liu, H. Jin, Y. Shangguan, Y. Guang, J. Wen, G. Yu, G. van der Laan, T. Hesjedal, S. Zhang, Axially Bound Magnetic Skyrmions: Glueing Topological Strings Across an Interface, Nano Letters 22, 3737-3743 (2022)Link opens in a new window.
[13 - 2022] L. A. Turnbull, M. T. Littlehales, M. N. Wilson, M. T. Birch, H. Popescu, N. Jaouen, J. A. T. Verezhak, G. Balakrishnan, P. D. Hatton, X-ray holographic imaging of magnetic surface spirals in FeGe lamellae, Physical Review B 106, 064422 (2022)Link opens in a new window.
[14 - 2022] A. C. Twitchett-Harrison, J. C. Loudon, R. A. Pepper, M. T. Birch, H. Fangohr, P. A. Midgley, G. Balakrishnan, P. D. Hatton, Confinement of Skyrmions in Nanoscale FeGe Device-like Structures, ACS Applied Electronic Materials DOI 10.1021/acsaelm.2c00692Link opens in a new window (2022).