Observation of room-temperature polar skyrmions
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Das, S., Tang, Y. L., Hong, Z., Gonçalves, M. A. P., McCarter, M. R., Klewe, C., Nguyen, K. X., Gómez-Ortiz, F., Shafer, P., Arenholz, E., Stoica, V. A., Hsu, S.-L., Wang, B., Ophus, C., Liu, J. F., Nelson, C. T., Saremi, S., Prasad, B., Mei, A. B., … Ramesh, R. (2019). Observation of room-temperature polar skyrmions. Nature, 568(7752), 368–372.

Authors 27
  1. S. Das (first)
  2. Y. L. Tang (additional)
  3. Z. Hong (additional)
  4. M. A. P. Gonçalves (additional)
  5. M. R. McCarter (additional)
  6. C. Klewe (additional)
  7. K. X. Nguyen (additional)
  8. F. Gómez-Ortiz (additional)
  9. P. Shafer (additional)
  10. E. Arenholz (additional)
  11. V. A. Stoica (additional)
  12. S.-L. Hsu (additional)
  13. B. Wang (additional)
  14. C. Ophus (additional)
  15. J. F. Liu (additional)
  16. C. T. Nelson (additional)
  17. S. Saremi (additional)
  18. B. Prasad (additional)
  19. A. B. Mei (additional)
  20. D. G. Schlom (additional)
  21. J. Íñiguez (additional)
  22. P. García-Fernández (additional)
  23. D. A. Muller (additional)
  24. L. Q. Chen (additional)
  25. J. Junquera (additional)
  26. L. W. Martin (additional)
  27. R. Ramesh (additional)
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@article{Das_2019, title={Observation of room-temperature polar skyrmions}, volume={568}, ISSN={1476-4687}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1092-8}, DOI={10.1038/s41586-019-1092-8}, number={7752}, journal={Nature}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Das, S. and Tang, Y. L. and Hong, Z. and Gonçalves, M. A. P. and McCarter, M. R. and Klewe, C. and Nguyen, K. X. and Gómez-Ortiz, F. and Shafer, P. and Arenholz, E. and Stoica, V. A. and Hsu, S.-L. and Wang, B. and Ophus, C. and Liu, J. F. and Nelson, C. T. and Saremi, S. and Prasad, B. and Mei, A. B. and Schlom, D. G. and Íñiguez, J. and García-Fernández, P. and Muller, D. A. and Chen, L. Q. and Junquera, J. and Martin, L. W. and Ramesh, R.}, year={2019}, month=apr, pages={368–372} }