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Room-temperature sub-100 nm Néel-type skyrmions in non-stoichiometric van der Waals ferromagnet Fe3-xGaTe2 with ultrafast laser writability

Fig. 4 from Zefang Li et al. (2024) “Room-temperature sub-100 nm Néel-type skyrmions in non-stoichiometric van der Waals ferromagnet Fe3-xGaTe2 with ultrafast laser writability”: Thickness-tunable skyrmions imaged by MFM. a Typical MFM images of RT skyrmions taken at different thicknesses and external magnetic fields. In these images, bright contrast in the images corresponds to spin down, while dark contrast corresponds to spin up relative to the sample normal direction. The inset shows the schematic for the MFM experiment with magnetic field perpendicular to the sample plane. b RT skyrmion diameter dsk versus sample thickness t at zero field. c Comparison for diameter dsk of field-free skyrmions and temperature T for various 2D vdW materials with a thickness around 100 nm, including Cr1+xTe234, Fe3-xGeTe255, Fe5GeTe224, (Fe0.5Co0.5)5GeTe231, and Fe2.84±0.05GaTe2 in this work. Error bars represent the standard error of skyrmion sizes averaged at various temperature. d Thickness and magnetic field dependence of RT skyrmion phase diagram. The color indicates the skyrmion density ρsk. The black dashed line shows the boundary between skyrmion and ferromagnetic phase. The magnetic force microscopy (MFM) measurements were performed with a commercially available Atomic Force Microscope and NANOSENSORSTM low-moment magnetic AFM tips PPP-LM-MFMR. The MFM measurements were carried out in an environment continuously flushed with argon gas to ensure effective protection.

The small size and magnetoelectronic properties of magnetic skyrmions make them promising candidates as data carriers for future high-density and fast-speed data storage, quantum and… Read More »Room-temperature sub-100 nm Néel-type skyrmions in non-stoichiometric van der Waals ferromagnet Fe3-xGaTe2 with ultrafast laser writability

Electrical Detection of Magnetic Skyrmions in a Magnetic Tunnel Junction

Magnetic skyrmions are promising information carriers for dense and energy-efficient information storage owing to their small size, low driving-current density, and topological stability.* Electrical detection… Read More »Electrical Detection of Magnetic Skyrmions in a Magnetic Tunnel Junction

Domain-wall magnetoelectric coupling in multiferroic hexagonal YbFeO3 films

Supplementary Figure.S15 from “Domain-wall magnetoelectric coupling in multiferroic hexagonal YbFeO3 films” by Xin Li et al.: (a) MFM images of h-YbFeO3(001)/ YSZ(111), which were measured in the phase-lock mode 100 nm above the surface with a 3×3 m scan area. The gray scale of the images corresponds to the frequency shift, whose full scale is 1 Hz. The arrows indicate the sequence of the applied magnetic field along the c axis of h-YbFeO3 films. (b) Surface topography of h-YbFeO3 films measured by AFM with a 75 nm full grey scale. (c) Magnetic-field dependence of the roughness of the MFM images calculated using the central part of the images in (a). (d) The distribution of magnetic domain sizes extracted from the central part of the images in (a) with reducing magnetic field. All measurements were taken at 12 K. NANOSENSORS PPP-MFMR AFM probes with magnetic coating were used.

Electrical modulation of magnetic states in single-phase multiferroic materials, using domain-wall magnetoelectric (ME) coupling, can be enhanced substantially by controlling the population density of the… Read More »Domain-wall magnetoelectric coupling in multiferroic hexagonal YbFeO3 films

Magnetic Skyrmions in a Thickness Tunable 2D Ferromagnet from a Defect Driven Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya Interaction

by NANOSENSORS
23 September 202215 March 2023
Science & Technology

Figure 4 from “Magnetic Skyrmions in a Thickness Tunable 2D Ferromagnet from a Defect Driven Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya Interaction” by Anirban Chakraborty et al. Thickness dependence of skyrmion size in lamella L2 as imaged by MFM. a) SEM image of the wedge-shaped lamella. The thickness of the lamella varies from ≈100 nm to ≈2 µm. b) MFM image of skyrmions in the lamella at 100 K and 0.032 T. c–f) Evolution of skyrmions as the field is increased from 0.1 to 0.2 T and finally reaches the field polarized state at ≈0.3 T. The blue and red contrast in the MFM images represent up- and down-magnetized domains. All MFM images are at the same scale: a scale bar is shown in (b). g) Skyrmion diameter as a function of lamella thickness including both MFM and LTEM data. NANOSENSORS SSS-MFMR AFM probes for magnetic force microscopy were used for all MFM measurements.

There is considerable interest in van der Waals (vdW) materials as potential hosts for chiral skyrmionic spin textures. Of particular interest is the ferromagnetic, metallic… Read More »Magnetic Skyrmions in a Thickness Tunable 2D Ferromagnet from a Defect Driven Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya Interaction

NANOSENSORS AFM probes for Magnetic Force Microscopy

by NANOSENSORS
31 March 202115 March 2023
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Did you know that NANOSENSORS offers six different types of AFM probes for Magnetic Force Microscopy ( MFM) for scanning and investigating sample surfaces with… Read More »NANOSENSORS AFM probes for Magnetic Force Microscopy

3D Superparamagnetic Scaffolds for Bone Mineralization under Static Magnetic Field Stimulation

by NANOSENSORS
3 February 202015 March 2023
Science & Technology

Bone is the second most commonly transplanted tissue, preceded only by blood transfusion.Within this context, it is imperative to achieve the functional and structural restoration… Read More »3D Superparamagnetic Scaffolds for Bone Mineralization under Static Magnetic Field Stimulation

From Polymer to Magnetic Porous Carbon Spheres: Combined Microscopy, Spectroscopy, and Porosity Studies

by NANOSENSORS
10 October 201915 March 2023
Science & Technology

In their research paper “From Polymer to Magnetic Porous Carbon Spheres: Combined Microscopy, Spectroscopy, and Porosity Studies” Federico Cesano, Sara Cravanzola, Valentina Brunella, Alessandro Damin… Read More »From Polymer to Magnetic Porous Carbon Spheres: Combined Microscopy, Spectroscopy, and Porosity Studies