Skyrmions are nano-scale quasi-particles with topological protection,which have potential applications in next-generation spintronics-based information storage.Numerous papers have been published to review various asp...Skyrmions are nano-scale quasi-particles with topological protection,which have potential applications in next-generation spintronics-based information storage.Numerous papers have been published to review various aspects of skyrmions,including physics,materials and applications.However,no review paper has focused on rare metals which play important roles in nucleating and manipulating skyrmions and other topological states.In this paper,various roles of rare metals have been classified and summarized,which can tune Curie temperature(TC),Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction(DMI),magnetocrystalline anisotropy,Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida(RKKY)interaction and four-spin interaction so as to trigger the generation of skyrmions and other topological spin structures.The materials covered include typical B20 crystals,various layered systems with interfacial DMI,frustrated materials,antiferromagnets,ferrimagnets,twodimensional(2D)materials,etc.In addition,the rare-earth(RE)permanent magnets can provide an energy barrier and enrich the dynamic behaviors of skyrmions,which has also been reviewed.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51771127, 52171188 52111530143, 12104327, 51901081, 11974298 and 61961136006)the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2020YFA0309300)+6 种基金Sichuan Science and Technology Program (Application No. 21ZYZYTS0077)the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou (No. 202002030052)Guangdong Special Support Project (No. 2019BT02X030)Shenzhen Fundamental Research Fund (No. JCYJ20210324120213037)Shenzhen Peacock Group Plan (No. KQTD20180413181702403)Pearl River Recruitment Program of Talents (No. 2017GC010293)the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from JSPS KAKENHI (Nos. JP20F20363, JP21H01364 and JP21K18872)
文摘Skyrmions are nano-scale quasi-particles with topological protection,which have potential applications in next-generation spintronics-based information storage.Numerous papers have been published to review various aspects of skyrmions,including physics,materials and applications.However,no review paper has focused on rare metals which play important roles in nucleating and manipulating skyrmions and other topological states.In this paper,various roles of rare metals have been classified and summarized,which can tune Curie temperature(TC),Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction(DMI),magnetocrystalline anisotropy,Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida(RKKY)interaction and four-spin interaction so as to trigger the generation of skyrmions and other topological spin structures.The materials covered include typical B20 crystals,various layered systems with interfacial DMI,frustrated materials,antiferromagnets,ferrimagnets,twodimensional(2D)materials,etc.In addition,the rare-earth(RE)permanent magnets can provide an energy barrier and enrich the dynamic behaviors of skyrmions,which has also been reviewed.
