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Quasi-two-dimensional Skyrmion lattices in a chiral nematic liquid crystal

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  • Jun-ichi Fukuda

    (Nanosystem Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
    Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana
    Center of Excellence NAMASTE)

  • Slobodan Žumer

    (Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana
    Center of Excellence NAMASTE
    Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.)

Abstract

Skyrmions are particle-like topological entities in a continuous field that have an important role in various condensed matter systems, including two-dimensional electron gases exhibiting the quantum Hall effect, chiral ferromagnets and Bose–Einstein condensates. Here we show theoretically, with the aid of numerical methods, that a highly chiral nematic liquid crystal can accommodate a quasi-two-dimensional Skyrmion lattice as a thermodynamically stable state, when it is confined to a thin film between two parallel surfaces imposing normal alignment. A chiral nematic liquid crystal film can thus serve as a model Skyrmion system, allowing direct investigation of their structural properties by a variety of optical techniques at room temperatures that are less demanding than Skyrmion systems discussed previously.

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  • Jun-ichi Fukuda & Slobodan Žumer, 2011. "Quasi-two-dimensional Skyrmion lattices in a chiral nematic liquid crystal," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 2(1), pages 1-5, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:2:y:2011:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms1250
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1250
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    1. Zi-Lan Deng & Tan Shi & Alex Krasnok & Xiangping Li & Andrea Alù, 2022. "Observation of localized magnetic plasmon skyrmions," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-7, December.
    2. Rodolfo Subert & Gerardo Campos-Villalobos & Marjolein Dijkstra, 2024. "Achiral hard bananas assemble double-twist skyrmions and blue phases," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
    3. Jidan Yang & Yu Zou & Wentao Tang & Jinxing Li & Mingjun Huang & Satoshi Aya, 2022. "Spontaneous electric-polarization topology in confined ferroelectric nematics," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-12, December.
    4. Frederic Rendell-Bhatti & Raymond J. Lamb & Johannes W. Jagt & Gary W. Paterson & Henk J. M. Swagten & Damien McGrouther, 2020. "Spontaneous creation and annihilation dynamics and strain-limited stability of magnetic skyrmions," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-9, December.

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