cam.issuedOnline	2022-05-31
dc.contributor.author	Birch, MT
dc.contributor.author	Powalla, L
dc.contributor.author	Wintz, S
dc.contributor.author	Hovorka, O
dc.contributor.author	Litzius, K
dc.contributor.author	Loudon, James
dc.contributor.author	Turnbull, LA
dc.contributor.author	Nehruji, V
dc.contributor.author	Son, K
dc.contributor.author	Bubeck, C
dc.contributor.author	Rauch, TG
dc.contributor.author	Weigand, M
dc.contributor.author	Goering, E
dc.contributor.author	Burghard, M
dc.contributor.author	Schütz, G
dc.contributor.orcid	Birch, MT [0000-0001-9320-8561]
dc.contributor.orcid	Powalla, L [0000-0003-1364-9979]
dc.contributor.orcid	Litzius, K [0000-0002-6408-2581]
dc.contributor.orcid	Loudon, James [0000-0003-3868-376X]
dc.contributor.orcid	Turnbull, LA [0000-0001-5734-1154]
dc.contributor.orcid	Nehruji, V [0000-0002-7606-7442]
dc.contributor.orcid	Rauch, TG [0000-0001-5733-056X]
dc.contributor.orcid	Weigand, M [0000-0002-0325-2268]
dc.contributor.orcid	Burghard, M [0000-0002-8784-2758]
dc.date.accessioned	2022-06-07T08:11:08Z
dc.date.available	2022-06-07T08:11:08Z
dc.date.issued	2022-05-31
dc.date.submitted	2021-11-15
dc.date.updated	2022-06-07T08:11:07Z
dc.description.abstract	The discovery of two-dimensional magnets has initiated a new field of research, exploring both fundamental low-dimensional magnetism, and prospective spintronic applications. Recently, observations of magnetic skyrmions in the 2D ferromagnet Fe3GeTe2 (FGT) have been reported, introducing further application possibilities. However, controlling the exhibited magnetic state requires systematic knowledge of the history-dependence of the spin textures, which remains largely unexplored in 2D magnets. In this work, we utilise real-space imaging, and complementary simulations, to determine and explain the thickness-dependent magnetic phase diagrams of an exfoliated FGT flake, revealing a complex, history-dependent emergence of the uniformly magnetised, stripe domain and skyrmion states. The results show that the interplay of the dominant dipolar interaction and strongly temperature dependent out-of-plane anisotropy energy terms enables the selective stabilisation of all three states at zero field, and at a single temperature, while the Dzyaloshinksii-Moriya interaction must be present to realise the observed Néel-type domain walls. The findings open perspectives for 2D devices incorporating topological spin textures.
dc.identifier.doi	10.17863/CAM.85157
dc.identifier.eissn	2041-1723
dc.identifier.issn	2041-1723
dc.identifier.other	s41467-022-30740-7
dc.identifier.other	30740
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/337748
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Springer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.subject	Article
dc.subject	/639/301/119/997
dc.subject	/639/301/119/2792
dc.subject	/639/766/119/2793
dc.subject	article
dc.title	History-dependent domain and skyrmion formation in 2D van der Waals magnet Fe3GeTe2.
dc.type	Article
dcterms.dateAccepted	2022-05-16
prism.issueIdentifier	1
prism.publicationName	Nat Commun
prism.volume	13
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
rioxxterms.version	VoR
rioxxterms.versionofrecord	10.1038/s41467-022-30740-7

History-dependent domain and skyrmion formation in 2D van der Waals magnet Fe3GeTe2.

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