Project Description
Project Overview: In physics, Magnetic skyrmions (MS) are quasi-particles which have been predicted theoretically and observed experimentally in condensed matter systems. Magnetic skyrmions, named after British physicist Tony Skyrme, can be formed in a magnetic thin film (<10 nano-meters). Magnetic skyrmions are small swirling topological defects in the magnetization texture. MS are thermally stable and can potentially be utilized to develop magnetic memories with very high storage capacity. MS relies on the use of large electric current which may cause overheating in densely packed devices. This project will use existing UW-Madison supercomputers and use in-house phase-field method based numerical simulations as MS will be switched between the skyrmion status and non-skyrmion status by applying voltage.
Client: Dr. Jiamian Hu, Research Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Advisor: Minyi Dai, Graduate student, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Team Member: Zhinan Leng, zleng2@wisc.edu (Leader, Project Management)
Jaehyeon Kim, jkim765@wisc.edu (Technical Engineer, Communicator)
Dongxia Wu, dwu93@wisc.edu (Technical Engineering Assistant)
